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'''Father Jules Monchanin''' (who chose to call himself '''Swami Paramarubyananda'''), (April 10, 1895 in [[Fleurie]], Rhône - October 10, 1957 in Paris) was a French Catholic priest, monk and hermit. He was an ardent proponent of Hindu-Christian interfaith dialogue. He is known for the being one of the "Trinity from Tannirpalli" along with Le Saux, and Griffiths<ref name="Oldmeadow2008">{{cite book|last=Oldmeadow|first=Harry|title=A Christian Pilgrim in India: The Spiritual Journey of Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9X1qmpGxUikC&pg=PA225|accessdate=29 December 2010|date=25 January 2008|publisher=World Wisdom, Inc|isbn=978-1-933316-45-1|page=225}}</ref> who were the co-founders of [[Saccidananda Ashram]] (also called Shantivanam), an ashram founded in the village of [[Tannirpalli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] in 1938.<ref name=Nichols2003/><br />
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Monchanin received [[Final Sacrament]] in 1932 but survived. On the same day, he received a letter from Father Kalathil inviting him to come to India.<ref name="Lubac1996">{{cite book|last=Lubac|first=Henri de |title=Theology in history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DIlP-my_BNYC&pg=PA571|accessdate=30 December 2010|year=1996|publisher=Ignatius Press|isbn=978-0-89870-472-3|pages=571–}}</ref><br />
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==Partial works==<br />
* ''De l'esthétique à la Mystique'' (''From aesthetics to the Mystic''), 1955<br />
* ''Ecrits spirituels'' (''Spiritual Writings''), 1965<br />
* ''Lettres à sa mère, 1913 - 1957'' (''Letters to my mother, 1913 - 1957''). Présentation F. Jacquin. Paris, Le Cerf, 1989.<br />
* ''Mystique de l'Inde, mystère chrétien : écrits et inédits'' (''Mystique of India, mystery Christian writings and unpublished''), Paris: Fayard, 1974. Fata Morgana, 1999.<br />
* ''Lettres au Père Le Saux (1947-1957) de J. Monchanin.'' (''Letters to Father Le Saux (1947-1957)''). Présentation F. Jacquin. Paris, Cerf, 1995.<br />
* ''Théologie et spiritualité missionnaires'' (''Theology and Spirituality missionaries'')<ref name="MonchaninDuperray1985">{{cite book|last1=Monchanin|first1=Jules |last2=Duperray|first2=Édouard |last3=Gadille|first3=Jacques |title=Théologie et spiritualité missionnaires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mo1Mu4f4PIcC&pg=PA1|accessdate=30 December 2010|year=1985|publisher=Editions Beauchesne|isbn=978-2-7010-1104-2|pages=1–}}</ref> Présentation E. Duperray et J. Gadille. Paris, Beauchesne, 1985.<br />
* ''Ermites du saccidânanda: Un essai d’intégration chrétienne de la tradition monastique de l’Inde.'' Paris, Casterman, 1956. 204 pp. [JC, NO]<br />
* ''Swami Parama Arubianandam (Fr. Monchanin): A Memorial.'' Tiruchirapalli: Saccidananda Ashram, 1959. 224 pp. <br />
* ''Swami Parama Arubianandam (Fr. Monchanin).'' French tr. of above. Paris: Casterman, 1960. 198 pp. <br />
* ''Une amitié sacerdotale : Jules Monchanin-Edouard Duperray (1919-1990). Correspondance présentée par Françoise Jacquin.'' Lessius, 2003.<br />
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==Secondary sources==<br />
* Françoise, Jacquin. ''Jules Monchanin prêtre.'' Paris, Le Cerf, 1996.<br />
* de Lubac, Henri. ''Images de l’Abbé Monchanin.'' Paris, Montaigne 1967.<br />
* Vagneux, Yann. ''Co-esse. Le mystère trinitaire dans la pensée de Jules Monchanin (1895-1957).'' Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 2015.<br />
* Vagneux, Yann. ''Prêtre à Bénarés.'' Paris: Editions jésuites, 2018. (some mentions of Monchanin, cf. Index)<br />
* Roche, Sten. ''Jules Monchanin: Pioneer in Hindu-Christian Dialogue.'' ISPCK 1993.<br />
* Coward, Harold. Review of Sten Roche, ''Jules Monchanin: Pioneer in Hindu-Christian Dialogue.'' ''Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin'', Vol. 7, 1994.<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=Nichols2003>{{cite book<br />
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=za1rbVflfqMC&pg=PA131<br />
|page=131ff<br />
|chapter=Looking to the Other: Jules Monachanin and the Love of the Trinity<br />
|title=A spirituality for the twenty-first century<br />
|author=Aidan Nichols<br />
|publisher=Our Sunday Visitor Publishing<br />
|year=2003<br />
|isbn=1-931709-54-8}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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|title=Jules Monchanin: pioneer in Christian-Hindu dialogue<br />
|author=Sten Rodhe<br />
|publisher=Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge<br />
|year=1993<br />
|isbn=81-7214-114-9}}<br />
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