Theological Reflections In the context of the theology of religions, when one suggests that salvation for the people who are not Christians may be facilitated by their own religions through which they reach out to God, the question arises: How can this be since they do not believe in or relate to Jesus Christ who...Read More

Ermis Segatti Ermis Segatti lives in Turin, Italy where he is Diocesan Counselor for University and Culture. He is a member of the Interregional Faculty of Theology of North Italy, Turin Section. He lectures on the history of Christianity. His other areas of special concern are the history of the Orthodox churches, new theological trends...Read More

Father Amaladoss, how will you explain to an non-Asian your approach to faith? Some one who is confined to his Christian community, closed in and self sufficient, with the usual catechetical and liturgical practices, has no problems. For many centuries the church in Asia – even the one in Kerala which claims its origin from...Read More

All through history groups of people have been in contact with each other through migration, trade or conquest. Cultures and religions have encountered each other and influenced each other. The world religions spread across many cultures and cast their roots in them even when they pretend to discourage such a process. As meta-cosmic religions they...Read More

When we speak of spirituality and theology today there is a common understanding that spirituality concerns the way we live our Christian life, while theology refers to the way we think about reality from a religious point of view. Spirituality has a practical and experiential tone about it focused on an individual, whereas theology has...Read More

Religious freedom has become a live issue today. The latest Synod of Bishops on New Evangelization (October 7-28, 2012), in its final list of Propositions, said in No. 16: The Synod Fathers reaffirm that religious freedom is a basic human right. This includes the freedom of conscience and also the liberty to freely choose one’s...Read More

Is Religious life in crisis today? The lack of vocations in the richer and more secularized countries and the rise of the Laity who are now doing much of the work that the clergy and the Religious used to do in the past may make us think so. There may be also a crisis among...Read More

Talk about the dialogue between religions by Christians has normally been set in the context of mission. Some would see dialogue as a step towards the proclamation of Christ and of the Church as the only way to salvation. Christianity is seen as the fulfillment of other religions. One dialogue with the other believers because...Read More

The Questions One of the existential problems that people, religious or non-religious, face is the experience of suffering. The source of suffering could be a natural catastrophe like an earth quake, a tsunami, a heat wave. It can be physical like various types of illnesses or being victims of natural or human caused accidents. It...Read More

A starting question could be whether I should speak of “Religions and Social Movements” or “Religions as Social Movements”. Religions can be seen as social movements. On the other hand, social movements can simply be social with religions playing a part it, sometimes an important one. So I plan to speak here of “Religions and...Read More