Widening Frontiers of Christian Theology

National and international workshops/seminars/consultations are a special feature of Gurukul, where the members of the faculty and students take active part along with the pastors and non-professionals of the church and society. The participants and resource people are drawn from different ecumenical churches and secular, academic and practical spheres. This provides a wealth of knowledge to the students and the faculty who in turn contributes to the new trends in theology, under the banner 'Centre for Applied Theology'.

The Programs are conducted under the following Departments:

• Asian Program for the Advancement of Training and Studies (APATS)
• Christian Education Program
• Child-care Program
• Communication Program
• Dalit Extension Program
• Evangelist Program
• Stewardship Education Program
• Youth and Campus ministry Program
• Women's Studies Extension Program

Consultation on "Contemporary Reflection on Global Oppressed Communities: A Multi Faith Approach" February 23-26, 2003

• The Statement: Call for a Paradigm Shift in Mission   ()
• Liberation of the Oppressed: A Christian Perspective by Dr. Konrad Raiser   ()
• Contemporary Reflection on Global Oppressed Communities: A Multi-Faith Approach
     by Dr. K. Rajaratnam   ()
• The New Missiology: A Call to Freedom by Rev. Dr. Richard H. Bliese    ()

Church's Response to the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance: the Government of India by Dr. K. Rajaratnam ()

Faculty Seminar

The following are the Papers presented in this academic year 2003-04:

1. "Interpreting the Hebrew Scripture: Prospects and Challenges" - Rev. Dr. Mani Chacko
2. "Jesus' Attitude towards People of Other Faiths in the Gospel of Luke" - Dr. Sam P. Mathew
3. "Re-examining Fundamentalism in Cross-cultural Perspective" - Rev. Dr. Jacob Thomas
4. "'Dancing with the Devil and Angels': Caste, Dalits and Religion" - Rev. Dr. Suneel Bhanu
5. "Anglicans and Lutherans in Southeast India 1706 -1900. A Survey" - Rev. Dr. Andreas Gross
   
6. "The Challenge of Religious Plurality/Pluralism: Hindu Perspective" - Rev. Dr. Ravi Tiwari
7. "Communication as Mission" - Fr. Dr. Rosario Gomez

Gurukul Summer Institute

A two week intensive course / seminar focusing on the New Thrust areas are conducted during summer vacation, with church leaders and development activists participating. This program was initiated in 1992 and the details are:

1. Dalits and Women, 1992
2. Ecology- A Theological Response, 1993
3. Fundamentalism & Secularism: A Christian Response, 1994
4. Prejudice: Issues in Third World Theologies, 1995
5. Frontiers of Dalit Theology, 1996
6. A Theology of Human Development, 1997
7. Feminist Theology: Perspectives and Praxis, 1998
8. New Horizons of Christian Mission: A Theological Exploration, 1999
9. Communication of the Gospel in the Context of Globalisation, Religious Pluralism and Nationalism, 2000

The Phase II of Gurukul Summer Institute

The second phase of the Gurukul Summer Institute is the Indian Bible Commentry Project. the aim of this project is to produce commentries on the Bible written by Indian authors especially especially from the perspective of the oppressed. The project will be carried out in two phases. The first phase will be the publication of a one volume Indian commentary on the Bible within the next three years and in the second phase we intend to bring out a series of full commentaries.on selected books of the Bible. About 60 Indian scholars from India and abroad have expressed their willingness to participate in this project.

Telematics Class Projects (Click to view their websites)

• Inatoli K. Sema
• R. Jerin
• Limaakum
• Lungsanliu
• Sam Mathew