Walking a Tightrope: The Jesuit Robert Bütler and Muslim-Christian Dialogue in Pakistan
This article deals with the Swiss Jesuit Robert Andreas Bütler (1915-1996) and his attempts to develop Muslim-Christian dialogue in Pakistan between the 1960s and 1980s. It focuses especially on his correspondence with the Islamist ideologue Sayyid Abu ’l-Aʿla Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the most in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 439-454 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Society of Jesus
B Pakistan B Islam B Vatican II B Interreligious Dialogue B Mawdudi B Robert Bütler |
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| Summary: | This article deals with the Swiss Jesuit Robert Andreas Bütler (1915-1996) and his attempts to develop Muslim-Christian dialogue in Pakistan between the 1960s and 1980s. It focuses especially on his correspondence with the Islamist ideologue Sayyid Abu ’l-Aʿla Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century and a major figure in South Asian Islam. On the basis of their written exchange, the article identifies challenges to Muslim-Christian rapprochement against the backdrop of state-funded Islamization and rising political tensions in Pakistan. It demonstrates how Bütler’s efforts became entangled in postcolonial struggles for a national identity, thereby revealing the limits of Vatican II-inspired approaches to Muslim-Christian dialogue. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2016.1217670 |