Dr. Patrick Laude

Professor Laude has been teaching at Georgetown University since 1991. He joined the faculty of the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, where he teaches courses in religious studies, in 2006. A former fellow in philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, he earned a Master’s degree in comparative philosophy from the University of Paris IV Sorbonne in 1982, and a doctorate in French literature from Indiana University in 1985. Professor Laude’s scholarly interests and output lie in comparative mysticism, poetry and mysticism, and Western representations and interpretations of Asian spiritual and wisdom traditions.

Authorship and Academic Contributions

He has extensively written and lectured on figures of European spirituality such as Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, and Frithjof Schuon. He has authored twelve books and monographs including: Surrendering to the Self – Ramana Maharshi’s Message for the Present (London: Hurst, 2022), Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics East and West (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2017), Apocalypse des religions: Pathologies et dévoilements de la conscience religieuse contemporaine (Paris:L’Harmattan, 2016), Pathways to an Inner Islam (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2010) Louis Massignon: The Vow and the Oath (London: Matheson Trust, 2011), Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religion (Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom, 2006), Divine Play, Sacred Laughter and Spiritual Understanding (New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2005), Singing the Way: Insights in Poetry and Spiritual Transformation (Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom, 2005), Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998): Life and Teachings (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2004), Music of the Sky: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry (Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom, 2004), Massignon intérieur. Paris-Lausanne: L’Age d’Homme, 2001, and Approches du quiétisme. Tubingen: Biblio 17, 1992. He has also published numerous articles in academic journals such as The Journal of the Indian Council for Philosophical Research, Symposium, Studies in Spirituality, Philosophy East and West, Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, La Revue Théologique de Louvain, Dix-septième siècle, Parabola and Neophilologus.

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