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NEW HORIZONS OF INDIAN CHRISTIAN LIVING
A Festschrift in Honour of Rev. Prof. Vadakethala Francis Vineeth CMI
Family and friends, colleagues and students of Father Vineeth commemorate the event of his seventy-fifth birthday and the golden jubilee of priestly ordination (scheduled to be celebrated on Sunday, 29 November 2009 at Vidyavanam Ashram) in a fitting manner with a lasting effect. Looking at the innumerable accomplishments of Father Vineeth in the fields of academic excellence and spiritual realization, with his special emphasis on the Indian and Christian dimensions, we decided to pool together the wisdom of his companions and collaborators, with an earnest wish to contribute their might into that area of research and commitment that get uniquely enshrined in his person. Thus, the present volume, New Horizons of Indian Christian Living, has evolved, which we proudly present as the Festschrift to Father Vineeth, our beloved teacher and friend, a venerable Guru, to mark his diamond birthday and sacerdotal golden jubilee.
The Festschrift is a collection of fifty scholarly articles exploring various dimensions of Indian Christian living. They are all contributed by the colleagues, students, and admirers of Father Vineeth. For convenience, these articles have been grouped together into six categories. They are (1) Father Francis Vineeth: Person and Mission, (2) Indian Approaches to the Bible, (3) Indian Christian Theology, (4) Inculturation and the Indian Church, (5) Indian Spirituality, and (6) Indian Christian Paradigms of Philosophical Synthesis. Taken together, the whole collection would function as a reference volume to many aspects related to Indian Christian living, an area of lively research and realizational interest.
BOOK RELEASE: SUNDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2009 AT VIDYAVANAM ASHRAM, BANGALORE
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Total Articles in the Festschrift: 50
Editor: Saju Chackalackal CMI
Publisher: Vidyavanam Publications (Bangalore) & Preshitha Communications (Coimbatore)
Total Pages: xii + 932 (Hardbound; Size: Crown ¼: 240 mm/170 mm)
Price: Rs. 900; US$50 (PRE-PUBLICATION PRICE: 50% REDUCTION)

Contact:
Vidyavanam Ashram, Bangalore (Father Vineeth: 9480336925; Fr. Johnson: 9480703982; Mrs. Molly Jose: 9480336897)
Fr. Saju at Dharmaram College, Bangalore (mobile: 9480022339)
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Dr. Saju Chackalackal
PART ONE: FATHER FRANCIS VINEETH: PERSON AND MISSION
In Search of the Ineffable 5
Dr. Francis Vineeth Vadakethala
Vadakethala Francis Vineeth: Milestones in Life and Works 37
Dr. Saju Chackalackal (Compiler)
Towards New Horizons of Indian Christian Living 49
Dr. Saju Chackalackal
Vadakethala Francis Vineeth: The Man and the Mystic 85
Dr. Louis Malieckal
My Brother: ‘Happy Remembrances’ 103
Karuna Vadakethala
Knowing and Becoming Dynamics at Vidyavanam Chapel 111
Dr. Jose Nandhikkara
Ashram and a Spirituality of Creative Space 127
Dr. Sebastian Elavathingal
Ashram: A Symbol of Indian Spirituality and Values 133
Anna Naduveetil
Vidyavanam Ashram: A Call to Experience the Divine 157
Francis Xavier Vellanikkaran
PART TWO: INDIAN APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE
Discipleship in the Indian and Christian Traditions 167
Dr. Paul Savio Pudussery
Story of Samson and the Horizons of Christian Life 189
Dr. Thomas Kollamparampil
Littleness and Lowliness as a Channel of God’s Grace:
A Biblical Perspective 205
Dr. Joy Philip Kakkanattu
A New Family Horizon of Understanding the Bible 217
Dr. A. Pushparajan
Repentance to Regeneration: Reflections on Mary Magdalene 243
Dr. Jacob Marangattu
Pauline Cosmic Christology and Indian Eco-Spirituality 253
Benny Nalkara
PART THREE: INDIAN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Dharmaram: History and Vision 271
Dr. A. Mathias Mundadan
Iśvara and Christ: Reflections on an Indian Christology 299
Dr. Alex Thannippara
Retelling the Story of Jesus through the Stories of People 325
Dr. Antony Kalliath
Vision of God for Humanity and the Universe 349
Dr. Swami Joseph A. Samarakone
From Fullness to Emptiness:
Encountering Non-Dualism in Jesus the Buddha 367
Dr. George Thadathil
Plurality, Variety, and Unity: A Liturgical Paradigm 387
Dr. Francis Kanichikattil
PART FOUR: INCULTURATION AND THE INDIAN CHURCH
Ongoing Inculturation and the Indian Churches 405
Dr. Kuncheria Pathil
Inculturation in Biblical Perspective 421
Dr. Paul Kalluveettil
Inculturation in the Model of Incarnation 433
Dr. Sebastian Athappilly
Accompanying in Faith: Pastoral Care of Migrants 453
Bishop Gregory Karotemprel
Interreligious Fellowship: ‘The Bonds That Unite Us Are
Stronger Than the Barriers That Separate Us’ 473
Dr. John Peter Muringathery
Music, the Fragrance of Eternity on Earth 485
Dr. Anto Amarnad
Catholic Priests and Socio-Economic and Cultural Development 503
Dr. Jose Kuriedath
Break the Anthill against the Freak Globalisation:
Reflections on Indian Church 535
Jeff Shawn
PART FIVE: INDIAN SPIRITUALITY
Experience: A Bridge between Spiritualities? 545
Dr. Kees Waaijman
Sannyāsa: Dynamics of a Life of Renunciation 557
Dr. Augustine Thottakara
Called to Be Consecrated Priests in the Context of India 583
Dr. Thomas Aykara
Priestly Spirituality 591
Dr. Antony Puthenangady
The Christian Holistic Spirituality 603
Dr. Thomas Manickam
Śaraņa: A Spiritual Formation Project 623
Dr. Hunt Overzee
Christian Mysticism as Mysticism of the Mystery of Christ 639
Dr. Paulachan Kochappilly
Mystical Experience: Fount and Raison D’être of Sannyāsa 663
Dr. Kurian Perumpallikunnel
Spirituality of Interiority: Awareness and Awakening 685
Dr. Anto Vattakuzhy
Ecologies of Mysticism: Models for Greening Ashram Spirituality 697
Dr. Oliver Inchody
Spiritual Direction: Indian Paradigms and Challenges 715
Dr. Johnson Valiyakulathil
A Spirituality in Tune with Nature 741
Dr. J. Prasant Palakkapallil
PART SIX: INDIAN CHRISTIAN PARADIGMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL SYNTHESIS
Religious Experience: A Philosophical Perspective 755
Dr. Cyriac Kanichai
A Christian Reading of Patañjali’s Yoga-sūtras 763
Dr. Thomas Kochumuttom
Role of Speculative Philosophy in Indian Christian
Religious Formation 791
Dr. George Kulangara
Being Christian and Artistic in India 805
Dr. Paul Kattukaran
“A Man Has Only as Much Knowledge as He Practises in Life” 825
Dr. Paul Chummar Chittilappilly
Gandhian Gospels: Patterns for Indian Christian Living 843
Dr. Wilson Edattukaran
Experience of the Divine: Symbolism of the
Sensual and the Spiritual 855
Dr. Shaji Kochuthara
The Ashram Ideal and Spirituality of the Gīta 885
Dr. Joseph Ethakuzhy
In Search of Reality: Rehabilitating the
Question of Being and Existence 895
Roy Palatty
In the Garden of Education: An Indian Christian Synthesis 911
Tresa Cyriac
Index 923