The Trinitarian Mysticism of Jules Monchanin

Now available in an English edition, Yann Vagneux undertakesa thorough synthesis of the thought of French theologian andmissionary Jules Monchanin (1895-1957). Raising theologicalquestions and conundrums that few thinkers involved inHindu-Christian studies dare to tackle, this volume followsMonchanin’s time in India from 1939 to 1957. Based onunpublished notebooks and letters, it carefully charts howMonchanin’s development of a trinitarian ontology and hisstudy of Hindu mysticism were mutually illuminating, drivenby problems of the One and the Many in both traditions.A key text for students and researchers in comparativephilosophy of religion, The Trinitarian Mysticism of JulesMonchanin further provides scholarly material in severalappendices, including: a chronology of Monchanin’s writings;a bibliography of published and unpublished works by andabout Monchanin and a reconstruction of Monchanin’s thinkingon time, which he elaborated in letters and fragmentarynotes but was unable to complete before his death.