The book highlights the importance of a well-trained laity in various forms of pastoral care in the context of strengthening the local church. It examines strategies like forming of pastoral teams from basic ecclesial communities (BECs) to promote the laity's participation in church activities and effective pastoral ministry based on theoretical studies and experiences. It explores inputs to empower the laity with proper training. Emphasising the importance of ...
This thirty three papers in this volume attempt to examine the key aspects of Christian ethics, with reflections from India. Addressing the major issues concerning fundamental moral theology, the book discusses at length the challenge of doing ethics in the context of poverty and pluralism, the Christological ground of moral theology, the difference between ethics and morality, the freedom within the Church, secular humanism, the tribal morality, and Islamic ...
