Jean-Marie Faux

Jean-Marie Faux SJ (born in 1923)[1] is Belgian Jesuit author, translator, professor,[2] and theologian.[3][4]

Biography and work

He lived for thirty years in the small commune of Schaerbeek. During this time he became director of the Centre AVEC, a social and analysis center founded by the Jesuits in Brussels.[5][6][7] He then moved to Woluwe in 2006. When the community there ended, he moved to La Colombière.[6]

He was a professor at the Institut d’études théologiques (I.E.T.) in Brussels.[5][8] In 1977 he published the study La foi du Nouveau Testament.[9][10] In 2010 he published De la société multiculturelle au dialogue interculturel: étapes de la réflexion politique en Belgique for the Centre Avec.[11][12] The same year he argued against the ban on the full veil.[13] In 2015 he translated Le recontre mondiale des mouvements populaires au Vatican from Italian into French.[14][15]

He has been involved in several associations working for human rights.[16] He was the general secretary of the Belgian MRAX, a movement against racism and xenophobia based in Brussels.[5][16]

As of 2018 he was still in charge of the Belgian Center AVEC.[5]

Bibliography
  • French: Hertz et Hava Jospa, in : Jean-Philippe Schreiber (ed.), Hertz Jospa, juif, résistant, communiste, Editions Vie Ouvrière - Mrax, Bruxelles, 1997, 160 p. ISBN 2870033362 ISBN 978-2-87003-336-4

References
  1. Ecojes Admin (April 30, 2012). "A path of life". EcoJesuit.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  2. "Jean-Marie Faux". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. Diamaka, Robin Masangana (2000). Le guide de l'action politique, ou, Comment orienter l'action politique en Afrique. GIRAH asbl. p. 45. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. Philips, François. "Au coeur du monde. L'engagement du Chrétien dans la société". Nouvelle Revue théologique. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. "L'enseignement social de l'Église, du P. Jean-Marie Faux sj". Jésuites - Europe Occidentale Francophone (in French). January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  6. "On est bien à la Colombière". Les Echos de Jesuite de Belgique Francophone et du Luxembourg (in French). No. January - March 2017. p. 16. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  7. Fondation Jean-Rodhain. Colloque (1991). Les Exclus de la solidarité - nouveau défi pour la charité : VIe colloque. Editions SOS. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. Jin-Sang Kwak, Germain; Sales, Michael (2011). La foi comme vie communiquée - Fides qua et fides quae chez Henri de Lubac. Desclée De Brouwer. ISBN 9782220023687. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  9. Jean Marie Roger Tillard (O.P.) (1995). Gillian Rosemary Evans, Michel Gourgues (ed.). Communion et réunion - mélanges Jean-Marie Roger Tillard. Leuven University Press. p. 307. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  10. The Gospel of Matthew and the Sayings Source Q - A Cumulative Bibliography, 1950-1995. Leuven University Press. 1998. p. 283. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  11. Brodeur, Patrice; Lefebvre, Solange (2017). Public Commissions on Cultural and Religious Diversity - Analysis, Reception and Challenges. Taylor & Francis. p. 136. ISBN 9781317073819. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  12. "De la société multiculturelle au dialogue interculturel - Étapes de la réflexion politique en Belgique" (PDF). Centre Avec. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  13. Faux SJ, Jean-Marie (13 May 2010). "Full Veils and Belgian Bans". Thinking Faith. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  14. Etudes Juin 2015 - Les trajectoires des jihadistes français (in French). Collectif. 2015. ISBN 9782370960498. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. Riva, Virginie (2017). Ce pape qui dérange. Éditions de l'Atelier. ISBN 9782708250864. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. Cossée de Maulde, Guy (2009). "Au cœur du monde. L'engagement du chrétien dans la société" (PDF). Promotio Iustitiae. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
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