A Multi-Religious Society India is a multi-religious society. According to the census of 2001, 80.5% of the population are Hindus, 13.4% are Muslims, 2.4% are Christians, 1.9% are Sikhs, 0.8% are Buddhists and 0.4% are Jains. There are small groups belonging to other world religions...Read More
The post-synodal document The Church in Asia acknowledges that Jesus, though born in Asia (2) “is often perceived as foreign to Asia” (20). It suggests that “the ontological notions involved, which must always be presupposed and expressed in presenting Jesus, can be complemented by more...Read More
In the early centuries as the Church spread across Europe and North Africa, it implanted itself in various contexts and cultures integrating itself with them. This gave rise to various ritual families like the Byzantine, Syrian, Latin, Armenian, Coptic, Slavic, etc. But in the colonial...Read More
The future of religious life in India would seem bright and secure if we look at its current situation. For a Catholic population of about 15 million there are about 15,000 religious priests, 2,000 religious brothers and nearly 80,000 women religious. The numbers are still...Read More
Before we look at the Eucharist as a symbol, it may be helpful to consider the difference between symbol and symblic action. A symbol is different from a sign. A sign often refers to an object in an arbitrary manner. We call an animal ‘cow’....Read More
