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When a mystic verbalizes his experience, especially in rhythmic verses, often he/she may fall short of the academic precision of a philosopher or a theologian. But in the final analysis it will be seen that both have been referring to the same reality notwithstanding the terminological differences. Hence the Tamil Saivite saying: "Whatever is in the doctrine, is already there in the hymns." During the sixth century of the Christian era, when the ...
This study explores, against the backdrop of GATT/WTO with their meticulously planned network of intricate trade regimes, the work and personality of Professor J.C. Kumarappa, a twentieth century prophet of economics, who understood economics as a science of morality. Kumarappa’s tireless work for Indian freedom struggle and his attempt to define economics as sustainable, intermediate and appropriate, on the norms of the permanence of nature’s cycles, were ...
A lively and vivid account of the messages of saints and sages of India presented with copious excerpts from their own writings.
The faith and Order Commission has been playing a pivotal role in the ecumenical movement to resolve the doctrinal issues that divide the Churches. Its history since 1927 bears testimony to the efforts of a countless number of theologians from a variety of ecclesial background to articulate a vital and coherent theology for the sake of the unity of the Church. The present study, Church and World, is an outcome of research on the documents of the Faith and Order ...
This study focuses on the dynamic functions of the Holy spirit together with the Father and the son in realizing the sacrament of the Eucarist. It illustrates how the entire liturgical celebration is both epicletic and anamnetic as it prolongs the self-communication of the Son at the Last Supper and that of the Holy spirit at Pentecost. It explains how Jesus’ words of institution are conjoined to the epiclesis of the Holy Spirit, both together forming a single ...
The Indian heritage is comparable to a confluence that is enriched by several streams, or to a garden from which emanates the rich fragrance of a variety of flowers. The Bhagavadgita preserves the best of the Indian heritage and of the Vedic tradition. The counsel that it offers is not restricted to a rational, empirical, dimension, but an inner experience, a personal discovery, a realization of truth, goodness, beauty and freedom. The quest for a unified vision ...
The theme that this book discusses is highly relevant in today’s society which has been witnessing rapid changes in its value systems. Values as guiding principles for the attainment of the ultimate value contribute significantly to the development of human society. The mission of philosophy today is to reinterpret and re-valuate human thinking and living patterns so as to offer the global society definite value orientations. Philosophy has to evolve a ...
Formulating the respective identities of the faithful who are engaged in ordained and non-ordained ministries in the Church poses a serious challenge. How do we describe their mutual relationship, yet allow for their difference? Employing critical textual hermeneutics within the historical, documental, theological and linguistic framework, this book presents a coherent theology of the lay faithful and the ordained with special reference to important magisterial ...
With its unique role in human life and society, religion has always been a fascinating subject of study. The modern scientific approach to any natural or human phenomenon takes into consideration even the sacred beliefs and practices of society. Studies on religion are no longer restricted to guarded and apologetic approaches. Today religious phenomena are subjected to rigorous scientific and liberal methods of study. Religion, under these new approaches, is ...
Does the Dalit context need a Jesus who is both human and divine? The Sinless Jesus and the Dalits represents an honest and vigorous attempt to answer this question in a jargon-free and lucid language. It is a fact that the overemphasis on one dimension to the near or total exclusion of the other has only jeopardized the very mission at the end. Liberative movements which emphasize only one dimension tend to end up on a negative note, acquiring in the process ...