Insights from the Risale-i Nur: Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers

Insights from the Risale-i Nur: Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers

by Thomas Michel
Insights from the Risale-i Nur: Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers

Insights from the Risale-i Nur: Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers

by Thomas Michel

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Overview

This collection of essays written by Thomas Michel offers an insightful and comparative analysis into the life, thoughts and major writings of Said Nursi. It provides insight into a deep conversation taking place between a Catholic priest and a Muslim theologian. This sincere and humble collection of essays will be an indispensable reading for believers of all faiths and backgrounds with an interest in social and contemporary issues. Michel remarks that Nursi called for unity and cooperation between the Muslim-Christian communities fifty years before the Vatican II called upon Christians and Muslims to recognize that they should move beyond the conflicts of the past and work together for the common good to build peace, establish social justice, defend moral values, and promote true human freedom.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781597842891
Publisher: Tughra Books
Publication date: 09/06/2013
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Fr. Thomas Michel was born in St. Louis, U.S.A., in 1941. He was ordained a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in 1967. In 1969, he entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. After studying Arabic and Islamic studies in Egypt and Lebanon, he completed his studies and received a doctorate in Islamic theology at the University of Chicago. Fr. Michel worked for 13 years in the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, where he became Head of the Office for relations with Muslims. He served as Executive Secretary for the Office of Interreligious and Ecumenical Affairs, based in Bangkok, Thailand, and as Secretary for Interreligious Dialogue for the Jesuits, based in Rome. He taught at various universities throughout the world. He continues to teach in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. ISBNs and titles of author's previous books: A Christian View of Islam, 1570758603; A Christian looks at Islamic spirituality, 9713100077

Table of Contents

Said Nursi: The Most Influential Muslim in Modern Turkey 1

My Encounter with the Risale-i Nur 7

"Be United Also with the Truly Pious and Spiritual Christians" 11

Pardon and Peace according to Pope John Paul II and Said Nursi 35

Grappling with Modern Civilization 51

War and Peace 73

The Damascus Sermon: a Spiritual Physician's Prescription for the Sicknesses of Our Age 85

God's Justice in Relation to Natural Disasters 97

"For You, Illness Is Good Health": Advice in Time of Illness 107

The God-centered Life: an Antidote to a Culture of Violence 125

Dialogue among Believers 139

The Mystery of Human Responsibility 149

The Resurrection of the Dead and Final Judgment 163

Dialogue, Tolerance and Engagement with the Other 181

Sincerity and Wisdom in the Fully Human Person 195

The Prophets: a Blessing for Humankind 207

Democracy and Societal Values: an Evaluation of Social Ethics 219

Theology of Hope and the State of Societies Today 225

The Supreme Sign: an Invitation to Wonder 239

Index 251

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