A Hindu Catholic

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A Hindu Catholic

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Author : Indian Theological Association. Annual Meeting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

A Hindu Catholic written by Indian Theological Association. Annual Meeting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Catholic converts categories.

Morphing My Faith

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Author : Rayol J. Augustus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-26

Morphing My Faith written by Rayol J. Augustus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-26 with categories.

With a plethora of temples, churches and mosques all over the country, it is obvious that religion is alive and thriving in the Indian sub-continent. Religion is integral to Indian identity and spirituality. Every Indian has multiple identities such as caste, class, religion and region. Political groups try to capitalize this for their own gain. Inculturation has been the Church''s way of evangelizing since her very beginning as she moved from her Jewish background into global settings. Today the Church faces a greater challenge as she moves into a multicultural digital world. Due to significant political and theological developments, the Indian church has been suffering an identity crisis. Catholics in India are debating the wisdom of this "inculturation" - whether it is right or not to fuse Roman Catholicism with Hindu culture. When the Vatican advocated that the Church should move with the times while suppressing unchanging Catholic doctrine, many Catholics participated in these changes. Many of the clergy and the laity, out of obedience to the supreme Pontiff and eagerness for change, did not question the Vatican II counsel. Some feel this devalued and allowed the organized storming of the Catholic faith - allowing heresies to take deep root in defiance of God''s commandments! Many theologians are trying to convince us that Christianity in India has inherited an undesirable Western ambience and must realize her genuine identity. This inculturation effort involves a transformation of Catholic theology to provide greater spiritual accommodation for indigenous Indian religions and to dispel the notion that Christianity is the only true faith. If inculturation now means denying the exclusivity of Christianity, equating Christ with Hindu and Muslim deities, asserting that all religions have equal validity, and in some cases even aban�doning Christian theology to discover higher forms of spirituality in other religions, then is it acceptable to Catholics? If Catholic leaders can give up reading the Bible, meditate on the Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gita for inspiration, and consider Krishna "a genuine revelation of God''s grace and love," then why are they calling themselves Catholics or a Christians? If we look at the practices in the Catholic Church in India today, we can understand why resistance has been building among the laity against the effort of the theologians and many clergy to In�dianize the Catholic faith. Most of us ''old school'' Catholics were raised to worship in a particular way, and now it is be�ing radically altered. We are being told that our religious claims have been exaggerated. So why is Christianity being tailored for the Hindus, who don''t want to practice it, instead of for the Catholics who do? We are in a spiritual battle rather than a cultural or informational warfare. Unless we redefine our spirituality, we will go nowhere. Indians are wise and only a wise Church can serve them. How can we get back to our old traditions of faith in a modern non-Catholic or even a non-Christian environment? What answers do we have for our Hindu friends when they accuse Christians of doing things that are misleading Hindus? "Morphing My Faith" is all about inculturation in the Catholic Church in India. Not everything is wrong and we should welcome all that is good. I do not want to get back into a cocoon, but I still draw my strength from our traditions. It is our legacy, it is what keeps us going. We may accept the Vatican''s guidelines, but do we have to go overboard? The fact is that there is a tremendous difference between drawing from a faith tradition and blending faith traditions. When we look at what we have in the Catholic Church in India today, can we say that we are spirituality thriving even if we are starting to morph the way we worship in the predominantly Hindu environment? I hope and pray that we are. We are at the crossroads of our faith and I pray that we are not walking on religious quicksand.

A Catholic Hindu Encounter

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Author : Nicholapillai Maria Saveri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

A Catholic Hindu Encounter written by Nicholapillai Maria Saveri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Christianity and other religions categories.

Hindu Catholic Encounters In Goa

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Author : Alexander Henn
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-27

Hindu Catholic Encounters In Goa written by Alexander Henn and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with History categories.

The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and reveals the complex role of religion at the intersection of colonialism and modernity.

Cosmic Ecumenism Via Hindu Buddhist Catholicism

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Author : Anthony Elenjimittam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983

Cosmic Ecumenism Via Hindu Buddhist Catholicism written by Anthony Elenjimittam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Buddhism categories.

How I Became A Hindu

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Author : David Frawley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

How I Became A Hindu written by David Frawley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Hindu converts from Christianity categories.

Autobiography of Vedic scholar converts from Christianity.

Catholic World

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

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Possessed By The Virgin

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Author : Kristin C. Bloomer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-10

Possessed By The Virgin written by Kristin C. Bloomer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-10 with Religion categories.

Possessed by the Virgin is an ethnographic account of three Roman Catholic women in Tamil Nadu, south India who claim to be possessed by Mary, the mother of Jesus. The author follows the lives of these women over many years, investigating questions about gender, social power, agency, and authenticity.

Catholic Missions And Annals Of The Propagation Of The Faith

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934

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Catholic Ashrams

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Author : Sita Ram Goel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Catholic Ashrams written by Sita Ram Goel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Ashrams categories.