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

by Thomas Michel

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:	9781597846783
Publisher:	Tughra Books
Publication date:	09/06/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	955 KB

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