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Anticipating the vision of Nostra Aetate, Louis Massignon
(1883-1962) imagined and worked toward a revolution in the
relationship between Muslims and Christians, from one poisoned by
fear and rivalry to one rooted in mutual understanding and
fraternal correction. His lifelong study of the Qur'an, Muhammad,
Arabic, Sufism, and the Muslim mystic and martyr al-Hallaj
(858-922), who was executed by crucifixion for having publicly
claimed union with God, grounded Massignon's conviction that there
was a Christological nexus between the two religions. His founding
of the Badaliya sodality with Mary Kahil (1889-1979) sought to
bring Christians and Muslims together in prayer and substitutive
love, and his writings and personal contacts helped to form the
views of the men who would eventually draft the statements on
Muslims at the Second Vatican Council. For all those reasons and
more Massignon has been called "the single most influential figure
[in the 20th century] in regard to the Church's relationship with
Islam," and his approach has only become more important in the
decades since his passing. In The Theology of Louis Massignon,
author Christian Krokus argues that Massignon's achievements in
Christian-Muslim understanding, his activism on behalf of Muslim
immigrants, refugees, and Middle Eastern Christians, as well as his
developing understanding of Islam must be understood in the light
of his Catholic convictions in relation to God, Christ, and the
Church. With ample references to primary works, many translated
into English for the first time, Krokus offers a comprehensive
account of the main points of Massignon's religious thought that
will prove essential to theologians and historians working on
questions of Christian-Muslim dialogue, comparative theology, and
religious pluralism. As global tensions between Christians and
Muslims rise, the learned, religious, and humanizing vision of
Louis Massignon is urgently needed.
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