Roger Arnaldez (13 September 1911 – 7 April 2006, aged 94) was a French professor of
Islamic studies
Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...
born in Paris, and also a publisher of
Philo
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Philo's de ...
.
Arnaldez was elected a member of the
Académie des sciences morales et politiques
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10 February 1986 and présided the Académie in 1997. He is also associate member of the
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
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and corresponding member of the Cairo Academy of Arabic Language.
He was quoted by
Pope Benedict XVI
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in his famous speech which led to the
Regensburg controversy.
Roger Arnaldez was also interested in an English author,
Gilbert K. Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), to whom he devoted a book.
Works
*1956: ''Grammaire et théologie chez Ibn Hazm de Cordoue'' (Vrin)
*1963: ''Hallâj ou la religion de la croix'' (
Plon, "La recherche de l'absolu")
*1970: ''Mahomet'' (Seghers)
*1980: ''Jésus, fils de Marie, prophète de l'Islam'' (Desclée de Brouwer)
*1983: ''Le Coran'' (Desclée)
*1988: ''L'Islam'' (Desclée-Novalis)
*1988: ''Jésus dans la pensée musulmane'' (Desclée)
*1991: ''Trois messagers pour un seul Dieu'' (
Albin Michel Albin may refer to:
Places
* Albin, Wyoming, US
* Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US
* Albin, Virginia, US
People
* Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin"
* Albin (surname)
;Mononyms
* Albin of ...
)
*1993: ''À la croisée des trois monothéismes'' (Albin Michel)
*1998: ''Averroès'' (Balland)
*1998: ''Révolte contre Jéhovah. Essai sur l'originalité de la Révélation chrétienne.'' (
Éditions du Cerf
''Éditions du Cerf'' (French: "Editions of the Deer") is a French publishing house specializing in religious books. It was founded in 1929, and operated by the Dominican Order.
The name is a reference to Psalm 42 (41):
As the hart panteth ...
)
*2001: ''Chesterton, un penseur pour notre temps''
''Chesterton, un penseur pour notre temps''
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*2002: ''L'homme selon le Coran'' (Hachette Littératures)
References
External links
on Canal Académie
* ttp://dictionnairedesorientalistes.ehess.fr/document.php?id=148 Roger Arnaldezon dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française
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French Islamic studies scholars
Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium
1911 births
2006 deaths
Writers from Paris