Publication
Imprint: Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom Books, c1985. Context: Originally published in French as Christianisme/Islam, Arche Milano, 1981. Series: The Library of Traditional Wisdom. Responsibility: Frithjof Schuon, translated from French by Gustavo Polit. OCLC Number: 12907943. Physical: Text : 1 volume : vii, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
Call number
PS / Schuo
ISBN
0941532054 / 9780941532051
Original publication date
1981
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Schuon’s articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications for inter-faith dialogue. Several thought-provoking chapters shed light, from an inward dimension, upon the apparent outward contradictions between these two religions, notably in the field of moral divergences.
Table of Contents:
Part one: Christianity
Part two: intermediary problems
Part three: Islam
FY1992 / FY2015
Table of Contents:
Part one: Christianity
Part two: intermediary problems
Part three: Islam
FY1992 / FY2015
Physical description
vii, 270 p.; 22 cm
Description
This new edition of Frithjof Schuon's fourteenth work, Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism, is a fully revised translation of the original French edition of 1981, and contains an extensive new Appendix with previously unpublished selections from his letters and other private writings. Schuon's articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam, in particular the idea of "The Best" in religions, have profound implications in the field of inter-religious dialogue
Language
Original language
French