Christianity/Islam/Comparative Religion Frithjof Schuon Frithjof
Th is new edition of Frithjof Schuon’s classic work contains: Christianity a fully revised translation from the original French; an appendix of selections from letters and other previously unpublished writings; comprehensive editor’s notes and preface by James Cutsinger; Islam an index and glossary of terms. Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism “Schuon’s thought does not demand that we agree or disagree, A New Translation with Selected Letters but that we understand or do not understand. Such writing is of rare and lasting value.” —Times Literary Supplement C “I have met with no more impressive work in the comparative study of Oriental and hristianity Occidental religion.” —T. S. Eliot, Nobel laureate for literature, on Schuon’s fi rst book, Th e Transcendent Unity of Religions
“[Schuon is] the most important religious thinker of our century.” —Huston Smith, author of Th e World’s Religions and Th e Soul of Christianity
“In reading Schuon I have the impression that I am going along parallel to him, and once in a while I will get a glimpse of what he means in terms of my own tradition and experience.… I think that he has exactly the right view.… I appreciate him more and more.… I am grateful for the chance to be in contact with people like him.” —Th omas Merton (from a letter to Marco Pallis) /
“[Schuon is] the leading philosopher of Islamic theosophical mysticism.”
—Annemarie Schimmel, Harvard University I slam “[Th is] collection has some essays that will interest students engaged in the comparative study of … Islam and Christianity. More signifi cantly, it succeeds in achieving an appropriate juxtaposition of the thought of two important theological representatives: Luther and al-Ashari, and … is an important contribution in comparative religion.” —Journal of the American Academy of Religion