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Document Details : Title: Christian Indians and Sharing Cultures Subtitle: Key Insights and Lessons in the Context of Indian Nationalism Author(s): DANIEL, Joseph Journal: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Date: 2017 Pages: 77-94 DOI: 10.2143/SID.27.2.3269036 Abstract : Being a Christian Indian in an Indian multi-religious context demands a participatory process. Christian Indians, who make up the church in India, need to take part in the life journey of their wider community in order to attain fullness of life. In this journey, the culture of the community plays a vital role in facilitating the discernment and pursuit of fullness of life. In light of this, this article attempts to examine the challenge of being Christian Indians within the contemporary Indian context of Hindutva – a context that seeks to define all Indian culture in terms of Hindu values at the expense of India’s age-old secular or pluralist values. In this article I attempt to deal with questions such as: How can Christian Indians’ witness, through the life of the church, be a true leaven in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society, wherein each of the religions has developed its own traditional culture that comprises its distinctive philosophy, morality, ideology, and corporate life? How can Christian Indians facilitate, pursue, and discern 'fullness of life' in the Indian context? The trinitarian basis as a model to address these questions is also discussed. |
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