During my maiden visit to the central provinces of India, a fascinating thing that caught my attention was the round tables in the community dining halls. As the days went by, I realized that this…
Easter: from Despair to Hope
Easter is the ultimate Solemnity and greatest Feast and is the longest among the liturgical seasons. It celebrates the crowning, central truth of our faith in Jesus Christ. Easter is the most important day of…
Theology Emerging from Below
South Asian Jesuit Contribution to Contextual Methodology [auth] I. First Stirrings of Indigenization: After Vatican Council II, especially after the emergence of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in 1974, the topic of indigenization…
Jesuit Response to Feminist Concerns in South Asia
South Asia remains a global hotspot where women are still considered second-class citizens: educationally backward, culturally suppressed, economically dependent and politically powerless. Discrimination against girls and women results in a high rate of female foeticide,…
Building Bridges across Religions
South Asian Jesuit Pioneers in Interfaith Dialogue [auth] Dialogue is an indispensable ingredient of Asian Theology. Hence, I present a glimpse of South Asian Jesuit engagement with Hinduism and Islam, briefly discussing contributions of Jesuits…
Echoing the Cries of the Cosmos
South Asian Jesuit Influences in Tribal Theology [auth] Tribal theology is contextual and incarnational by nature—born out of the experience of various forms of injustice and exploitation of tribal peoples and their worldview (God-nature-human relationship)…
Wrestling with Indian Casteism
Jesuit Contribution to Dalit Theologies [auth] The Jesuit contribution to Dalit Theologies must be seen against the backdrop of their wrestling with Indian casteism. The endless struggles of one-fifth of the Indian population reduced to…
Jesuit Mission in the field of Ethnophilosophy
In the context of post-colonialism, the concept of ‘ethno’/ ‘ethnic’ is becoming popular. Especially in ‘third’ world countries, researches are done on ‘ethno-medicine’, ‘ethno-chemistry’, ‘ethno-botany’, ‘ethno-history’, ‘ethno-economics’ and so on. But unfortunately, ‘ethno-philosophy’ is an…
St. Joseph: model of faith, hope and love
St. Joseph is one of the very few Saints who has two feast days to honour him. The scriptures don’t say much about this silent saint. In fact, St. Joseph does not speak in the…