Louis Gardet

His real name was André Brottier and he is known under three identities that correspond to three phases of his life: • Under the name of André Harlaire, he published some texts in literary magazines. • As Frère André-Marie, he was one of the founders of the Little Brothers of Jesus congregation, along with his friend Louis Massignon, in 1933. • Under the name of Louis Gardet he devoted himself to the research of the Islamic religion in the last part of his life, becoming an authority on the subject. As a philosopher he espoused the Thomist thought. Youakim Moubarac, Jacques Jomier and Denise Masson were among his numerous disciples. ==Published works==

Louis Gardet wrote many books. His main works are: • Introduction à la théologie musulmane, essai de théologie comparée, by Louis Gardet and Rev. George Anawati, with an introduction by Louis Massignon, Vrin, 1948 1946 • ''La pensée religieuse d'Avicenne'', Paris, Vrin, 1951. • Expériences mystiques en terres non chrétiennes, Paris, Alsatia, 1953. • La cité musulmane, vie sociale et politique, Paris, Vrin, 1954. • ''L'Islam,'' by Youakim Moubarac, Rev. Jacques Jomier, Louis Gardet and Rev. Anawati, Saint-Alban-Leysse (Savoie), Collège théologique dominicain, 1956. • ''Connaître l'islam'', Paris, Fayard, 1958. • Mystique musulmane. Aspects et tendances, expériences et techniques, by Rev. Anawati & Louis Gardet, Paris, Vrin, 1961 • ''L'islam. Religion, et communauté'', Paris, Desclée De Brouwer, 1967. • ''Dieu et la destinée de l'homme'', Paris : J. Vrin, 1967 ("Les grands problèmes de la théologie musulmane") • ''Les hommes de l'islam, approche des mentalités'', Paris, Hachette, 1977 • ''L'Islam : hier, demain'', by Mohammed Arkoun & Louis Gardet, Paris, Buchet-Chastel, 1978 • Louis Gardet also took part in La passion de Hussayn Ibn Mansûr an-Hallâj, the posthumous edition of Louis Massignon's work, 1975. ==References==