Louis Gardet

Louis Gardet (15 August 1905 in Toulouse – 17 July 1986) was a French Roman Catholic priest and historian. As an author he was an expert in Islamic culture and sociology who caught a sympathetic view on Islam as a religion. He considered himself "a Christian philosopher of cultures".Islam's men, Mentality of Approaches is one of his best and most widely read works.

His real name was André Brottier and he is known under three identities that correspond to three phases of his life:

As a philosopher he espoused the Thomist thought. Youakim Moubarac, Jacques Jomier and Denise Masson were among his numerous disciples.

Louis Gardet wrote many books. His main works are:

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