Jean-Pierre LaFouge

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Jean-Pierre LaFouge is an Associate Professor of French at Marquette University. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles, dealing with topics of Christian spirituality, religious art, and Traditionalism.

1 Biography
2 Quotes
3 Bibliography
4 See also
5 Further reading
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Biography

LaFouge was born in 1944 in Champagne, France. He studied philosophy at Nancy and taught philosophy in several lycées in France and in Morocco from 1962-1976. His academic career took him to the United States where he obtained a Ph.D. in French literature in 1986 from Indiana University, specializing in nineteenth and seventeen century French and Orientalist Literature.^[1]

He is the author of several articles dealing with the relationship between art, Orientalism, philosophy and literature. LaFouge has also published a book on Eugène Fromentin, one on Jesuit spirituality, and worked on the revision of French to English translations of the writings of Traditionalist writer Frithjof Schuon.

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“	“One can see that Catholic spirituality does not differ fundamentally from the spirituality of other great religions, at least as to its goal, which is to live according to the truth and to master the ego. For no spirituality can be successful, as Frithjof Schuon reminds us, without (1) detachment from the world, hence purity of soul; (2) struggle against our passions and individualistic tendencies; (3) contentment with the will of God, hence peacefulness; (4) fervor and confidence in God, hence generosity towards our neighbor; (5) discernment between the Real and the unreal; and (6) union with the Real.” ^[2]	”
—Introduction to “For God’s Greater Glory: Gems of Jesuit Spirituality”

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Books

For God's Greater Glory: Gems of Jesuit Spirituality (World Wisdom, 2006)
Etude Sur L'Orientalisme D'Eugene Fromentin Dans Ses "Recits Algeriens" (Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1989)