John Renard
John Renard (born 1944 ) is an American Islamic scholar and orientalist with a focus on Islamic theology and art history .
life and work
John Renard was born in 1944. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1962 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1973. He earned his BA (Philosophy and Classical Languages) and MA (Biblical Literature) from St. Louis University . His Ph.D. (1978) graduated in Islamic Studies from Harvard University in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations . Since 1978 he has been Associate Professor of Theological Studies at St. Louis University. He specialized in medieval religious literature in Arabic and Persian. His dissertation dealt with the prophetology of the great Sufi Jalal ad-Din Rumi from the 13th century and was later published under the title All the King Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation (1994). He is a professor in the Department of Theology at Saint Louis University. Since 1978 he has taught Islamic studies, the history of religion and comparative theology.
His publications cover a wide range. He is the author of more than a dozen books and many articles, book chapters, encyclopedia articles and reviews.
Paul Renard lived for many years married to his wife Mary Pat in St. Louis ( Missouri ).
Publications
- All the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation. (SUNY, 1994)
- Ibn ʻAbbād of Ronda: Letters on the Sūfī Path (Paulist, 1986) ( Classics of Western Spirituality ) Partial online view
- Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology (Paulist, 2004). Classics of Western Spirituality Table of Contents
- Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims. (Univ. Of California Pr., 1996)
- Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life. (University of California Press, 1998) [companion anthology]
- Islam and the Heroic Image: Themes in Literature and the Visual Arts. (University of South Carolina Press, 1993, paperback Mercer UP, 1999)
- Understanding the Islamic Experience (Paulist, 2002), previously published under the title: In the Footsteps of Muhammad (Paulist, 1994)
- ( the volumes above in the Paulist Press 101 Questions series ): Islam (1998); Hinduism (1999); Buddhism (1999); Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto (2002)
- The Handy Religion Answer Book (Visible Ink Press, 2001).
- The A to Z of Sufism. Scarecrow Press 2009. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series 58 ( digitized )
- Historical Dictionary of Sufism. 2015 ( partial online view )
- Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood and the companion anthology Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation. (University of California Press, 2008 and 2009)
- Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective. (University of California Press, 2011)
- Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts. (University of California Press, 2012)
- Islamic Theological Themes: A Primary Source Reader. (University of California Press, 2014) Table of Contents
See also
References and footnotes
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Sufism. 2015, p. 531 ("About the Author")
literature
- John Renard: Historical Dictionary of Sufism. 2015 ( partial online view )
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renard, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Renard, G. John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scholar of Islam and oriental studies, with a focus on Islamic theology and art history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |