A festschrift to Bishop Govada Dyasirvadam, Bishop, Krishna Godavari Diocese and Deputy Moderator, Church of South India (CSI), the volume is concerned with the theological mysteries relating to the possibility of renewal in ecclesiology. The essays are on the contributions of the church to human rights and democracy and in the context of social values and environmental concerns. They involve re-reading some Christo-centric ecclesiology and ecclesiology in the context of religious extremism. They showcase emerging trends in ecumenical theology in the postcolonial context and indigenisation in Indian ecclesia. They examine the CSI eucharist liturgy and probe the significance of episcopacy for the church in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chilkuri Vasantha Rao
Chilkuri Vasantha Rao is an ordained minister of the Church of South India, Diocese of Medak, currently teaching in the department of Biblical Studies at Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad. He holds the responsibility of being the Bursar of ACTC. He is involved I the Telugu Bible translation for the Bible Society of India, and is also the assistant editor of a national journal -'Ashram Mitra'. He is serving on the management Board of the Sattal Christian Ashram, Uttaranchal, and on the Working and Academic Committees of the Henry Martyn Institute International Centre for research, interfaith relations and reconciliation, Hyderabad. The present book is a thesis written in the discipline of Old Testament as partial fulfillment for the degree of Master in Theology to the senate of Serampore College/University in the Year 1995.
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