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Dreams and visions

Prof. Kurien Kunnumpuram SJ

Dreams and Visions: New Horizons for on Indian Church Essays in Honour of Professor Kurien Kunnumpuram SJ

More than a dozen theologians share their dreams and hopes, visions and aspirations for an Indian Church,

The twenty-first century, and may be the third millennium, would be a providential time to let the Church bloom on the Indian soil, rooted and grounded in the culture of this ancient land, the cradle of greai religions, The way to become truly Indian is, without a doubt, an art, The articles in this volume are both relevant and committed: relevant both to the modem world and the present India and committed both to the Christian tradition and Indian heritage, They are also contextual and Interdisciplinary

The editors teach philosophy and theology at Jnana-Deepa . dyapeeth, Pune, India

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Contents

Editors’ Introduction

From History to Reality

A Church in the World: Vision, Critique and Hope

Issac Pandinjarekuttu

Cultural Compulsions and the Indian Church

+ Thomas Menamparampil SDB

Towards an Indian Church: Pastoral Perspective

Lorenzo Fernando

The Indian Church: The Ideal and the Actual

Rosario Rocha SJ

Living Metaphors

Church as the Continuation of

the Table-Fellowship of Jesus

Sebastian Painadath SJ

Salt of the Earth and Light of the World:

The Church of the Future

Francis X. D’Sa SJ

A Church without Walls: A Theological Reflection

on the Church’s Being as Communion

Jacob Parappally MSFS

The Notion of Boundary: A Challenge to Indian Ecclesiology PT MathewSJ
Contents

Editors’ Introduction

From History to Reality

A Church in the World: Vision, Critique and Hope

Issac Pandinjarekuttu

Cultural Compulsions and the Indian Church

+ Thomas Menamparampil SDB

Towards an Indian Church: Pastoral Perspective

Lorenzo Fernando

The Indian Church: The Ideal and the Actual

Rosario Rocha SJ

Living Metaphors

Church as the Continuation of

the Table-Fellowship of Jesus

Sebastian Painadath SJ

Salt of the Earth and Light of the World:

The Church of the Future

Francis X. D’Sa SJ

A Church without Walls: A Theological Reflection

on the Church’s Being as Communion.

Jacob Parappally MSFS

The Notion of Boundary: A Challenge to Indian Ecclesiology PT MathewSJ