We are living a fatal plague, we do not know who will come out of<br> it. Albert Camus publ... more We are living a fatal plague, we do not know who will come out of<br> it. Albert Camus published <em>The Plague </em>in June 1947, three years<br> after the liberation of Paris from the Nazi occupation. The Plague<br> is the tale of a natural calamity that descends on the Algerian<br> town of Oran. Evil is the plague in the soul of man which continues<br> pecking the liver of any man as in the case of Prometheus. I have<br> locked up myself in the library of the University of Leuven to<br> understand and defend God from the complicity of evil which was<br> a problem of highest concern for me. In the aforesaid novel, Tarou<br> while narrating the story of his life to Dr Rieux, tells: "I know<br> positively … that each of us has the plague within him; no one, no<br> one on earth, is free from it. And I know, too, that we must keep<br> endless watch on ourselves lest in a careless movement we breat...
We may distinguish between two different modes of representation: verbal and non-verbal languages... more We may distinguish between two different modes of representation: verbal and non-verbal languages. Among the non-verbal are those languages without words: songs, tears, and laughter. What is revealed on the borderline between the non-verbal and the verbal, where the word is devoid of semantic content and becomes pure sound? These languages begin where words leave of and their purpose is not to close but to open. They are the rising up of the void. Therefore, at times they overflow and sweep us of in the irresistible multitude of their waves; therefore, at times they cost a man his wits, or even his life. Only pre-languages can bear witness to this void, a dangerous realm that reverberates with horror and death. At the same time, however, "every creation of the spirit which lacks an echo of one of these three languages is not really alive." There are important authors and mystical thinkers who demonstrate various ways of transforming theological tropes and transcendental co...
How is Jesus alive today? How are the two central events of Christianity (Christmas and Easter) r... more How is Jesus alive today? How are the two central events of Christianity (Christmas and Easter) related? How can we make sense of Jesus embodied presence among us today? In trying to articulate a response to the above questions, we first reflect on the embodied nature of Jesus. Then we explore how the disciples of Jesus embody God and Jesus in our culture. Finally, we look at some of the eschatological implications of this experience. And when Paul speaks of "the spiritual body" (1 Cor. 15:44), he is not using an oxymoron but simply referring to the eschatological reality of our bodies.
's proposition of "theological Education in a Multi-Religious Milieu" is welcome step in the Indi... more 's proposition of "theological Education in a Multi-Religious Milieu" is welcome step in the Indian context. The proposal of "Fides et ratio" is a serious mandate: "In India particularly, it is the duty of Christians now to draw from this rich heritage the elements compatible with their faith, in order to enrich Christian thought". Religious fundamentalism and communalism in India may be of recent origin but it is retrogressive reaction to the Western enlightenment attitude held by the leaders of the Indian Constitution and to the secular values enshrined in the Constitution. This was an attempt to regain the lost caste hegemony of the Manu's social system. The Hindutva movement is simply a reaction against the secularism of the Indian Constitution which borrowed the ideology from the West especially rationalist and egoist philosophical tradition of the Cartesian Cogito.
We are living a fatal plague, we do not know who will come out of<br> it. Albert Camus publ... more We are living a fatal plague, we do not know who will come out of<br> it. Albert Camus published <em>The Plague </em>in June 1947, three years<br> after the liberation of Paris from the Nazi occupation. The Plague<br> is the tale of a natural calamity that descends on the Algerian<br> town of Oran. Evil is the plague in the soul of man which continues<br> pecking the liver of any man as in the case of Prometheus. I have<br> locked up myself in the library of the University of Leuven to<br> understand and defend God from the complicity of evil which was<br> a problem of highest concern for me. In the aforesaid novel, Tarou<br> while narrating the story of his life to Dr Rieux, tells: "I know<br> positively … that each of us has the plague within him; no one, no<br> one on earth, is free from it. And I know, too, that we must keep<br> endless watch on ourselves lest in a careless movement we breat...
We may distinguish between two different modes of representation: verbal and non-verbal languages... more We may distinguish between two different modes of representation: verbal and non-verbal languages. Among the non-verbal are those languages without words: songs, tears, and laughter. What is revealed on the borderline between the non-verbal and the verbal, where the word is devoid of semantic content and becomes pure sound? These languages begin where words leave of and their purpose is not to close but to open. They are the rising up of the void. Therefore, at times they overflow and sweep us of in the irresistible multitude of their waves; therefore, at times they cost a man his wits, or even his life. Only pre-languages can bear witness to this void, a dangerous realm that reverberates with horror and death. At the same time, however, "every creation of the spirit which lacks an echo of one of these three languages is not really alive." There are important authors and mystical thinkers who demonstrate various ways of transforming theological tropes and transcendental co...
How is Jesus alive today? How are the two central events of Christianity (Christmas and Easter) r... more How is Jesus alive today? How are the two central events of Christianity (Christmas and Easter) related? How can we make sense of Jesus embodied presence among us today? In trying to articulate a response to the above questions, we first reflect on the embodied nature of Jesus. Then we explore how the disciples of Jesus embody God and Jesus in our culture. Finally, we look at some of the eschatological implications of this experience. And when Paul speaks of "the spiritual body" (1 Cor. 15:44), he is not using an oxymoron but simply referring to the eschatological reality of our bodies.
's proposition of "theological Education in a Multi-Religious Milieu" is welcome step in the Indi... more 's proposition of "theological Education in a Multi-Religious Milieu" is welcome step in the Indian context. The proposal of "Fides et ratio" is a serious mandate: "In India particularly, it is the duty of Christians now to draw from this rich heritage the elements compatible with their faith, in order to enrich Christian thought". Religious fundamentalism and communalism in India may be of recent origin but it is retrogressive reaction to the Western enlightenment attitude held by the leaders of the Indian Constitution and to the secular values enshrined in the Constitution. This was an attempt to regain the lost caste hegemony of the Manu's social system. The Hindutva movement is simply a reaction against the secularism of the Indian Constitution which borrowed the ideology from the West especially rationalist and egoist philosophical tradition of the Cartesian Cogito.
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