Fr. Jose Kalapura, SJ talks of his new book A History of Patna Jesuit Mission (1921 – 2021) By Jose Kalapura, SJ Patna Jesuit Society Price: Rs. 500/- 1. What made you come up with this book?I…
Indepth study of voting behaviour
How people vote in a liberal, open, competitive democracy is a big question in two senses. First, as Indian voters make up one-sixth of the world’s total electorate, their voting behaviour matters considerably to the…
Standing by Pope Francis
The book consists of five independently written articles in which the author tries to explain to the laity the evangelically effective thrust of our Pope Francis’ universal pastorate which, however, is overtly contested by a…
How Pope Francis interacts with Jesuits
Immediately, directly, intuitively: this is how the message of Pope Francis touches people. His ability to communicate is rooted in a pastoral experience that naturally tends to create authentic relationships. His authority is never expressed…
A text book for study on Indian religious…
Pathways to Peace is a compilation from varied sources on different religions. The book has 11 units on as many as nine religious traditions of India, including Sufism and Lingayat traditions. It has come out…
Question of Suicide and Self-Immolation
This book is a collection of papers on suicide and self-immolation, reprinted from the almost forgotten Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, published in 1886-1936. The book carries a Foreword by Prof. Ashis Nandy…
Doing small things with Great Trust
This is a remarkable book and you will probably read all 39 pages of it at one sitting. The author, Fr. Joseph Kalathil (Joe), is a Jesuit. He was a diocesan priest who was inspired…
Mapping Marriage and Divorce
This volume explores the nature of social change in the fundamental institution of marriage in Indian society. It documents the churning going on in the conjugal bond with reference to gender inequality, patriarchy, domestic violence,…
What has Tantrism to do with Christianity?
The articles in this volume of Documenta Missionalia are for that reader who is not just a curious learner of Tantrism and Christianity but who is also willing to allow the interaction of two religious…