Title: Muslims and Christians in Thailand: Jesuits and the Asian Muslim Action Network

February 6th, 2019 – Fr. Thomas Michel, S.J., Professor of Religion, Xavier Learning Community, spoke at ACMCU on the Jesuit history within Thailand and the research he has conducted relating to Muslim communities found within Northern Thailand.
Fr. Thomas Michel, S.J, is a Professor of Religion at the Xavier Learning Community in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Fr. Michel is the former Head of the Vatican Office for Relations with Muslims (1981-1994), Secretary for Inter-religious Affairs for the Catholic bishops of Asia (1994-2008), and a faculty member at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar. Fr. Michel has taught and lectured around the world, and most recently heads up the new Xavier Learning Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand.