Shafique Keshavjee

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Shafique Keshavjee (born December 13, 1955 in Nairobi ) is a Protestant theologian, author and university professor. He became known through his novel The King, the Wise and the Fool (original title Le roi, le sage et le bouffon ).

Life

Shafique Keshavjee was born to Indian- Ismaili parents in Kenya. He lived in Great Britain from 1959 to 1962. In 1963/1964 he came to Switzerland and converted to Christianity in the 1970s. He studied political science and Protestant theology in Lausanne and did his doctorate on the religious scholar Mircea Eliade . Shafique Keshavjee is one of the initiators of the l´Arzillier ecumenical meeting place in Lausanne. Since 2005 he has been Professor of Protestant Theology at the University of Geneva . He is married and has four sons.

Fonts

  • with Simon Keshavjee: Philou et les facteurs du Ciel. Éditions Dynamots, Valence 2005, ISBN 2-910495-26-4 .
  • La princesse et le prophète. La mondialisation en roman. Éditions du Seuil, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-02-062855-4 .
  • Dieu à l'usage de mes fils. Éditions du Seuil, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-02-034948-5 .
  • Vers une symphonie des Églises. Un appel à la communion. Editions St. Augustin et al., St. Maurice et al. 1998, ISBN 2-88011-131-5 (In German: On the way to a symphony of the churches. A call to community. Lembeck, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-87476-376 -5 ).
  • Le roi, le sage et le bouffon. Le grand tournoi of religion. Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-02-031550-5 (In German: The King, the Wise and the Fool. The Great Contest of Religions (= Goldmann 15070). Goldmann , Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442- 15070-1 ).
  • Mircea Eliade et la coïncidence des opposés ou L'existence en duel. Lang, Bern et al. 1993, ISBN 3-906750-83-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Keshavjee, Shafique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan theologian, author and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi