Jesuit superior general Father General Arturo Sosa has released a collection of writings in honour of a pioneer in Christian-Muslim relations who had worked in India for decades.
While releasing the book “Witness to a Common Hope: Festschrift in honour of Jesuit Father Christian W. Troll on October 28 at the Jesuit head-quarters in Rome, the general stressed the importance of the Jesuit works’ scholarly dimension.
The Festschrift (a collection of writings published in honour of a scholar) contains 26 essays that honor Father Troll. The volume was edited by Herman Roborgh, head of the School of Religion and Philosophy, Minhaj Univer-sity Lahore, Pakistan, and Jesuit Father Joseph Victor Edwin, lect-urer of Theology and Christian-Muslim Relations in Delhi’s Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies. It was published by the Gujarati Sahitya Praksash in Gujarat.
The editors while introducing Father Troll as a scholar and ser-vant of reconciliation expressed joy in offering a bouquet of essays in honor of him through the edited volume.
Formed in the school of Igna-tian discernment, Father Troll was inspired by the Second Vati-can Council and its documents such as Lumen Gentium, Nostra Aetate and Dignitatis Humanae in his engagements with Muslims around the world.