Description
Christian World Imprints Interreligious Life Issues Relationship Education Prayer Marriage Funeral And Engagement by Rev. Dr. Israel Selvanayagam
There is no life without relationships. In a multi-religious context, for a life of mutual enrichment, a genuine and friendly inter-religious relationship is vital. Such relationship alone defines authentic and matured religious life. This relationship is explored in opportunities to know and understand one another. It finds expression in inter-religious prayer and spirituality with agreed form and right intent. In the cases of inter-religious marriage, it is proved that human love has the capacity to transcend structures and identities. The context of inter-religious funeral, both formal and informal, provides a space for sharing visions of ultimate goal and their impact on the present life. The final testing point is, how inter-religious friends engage in concrete actions for social transformation and world peace. In all these explorations, as argued in this book, the guiding principles are `commitment and openness'.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Interreligious Relationship
2. Interreligious Education
3. Interreligious Prayer-Worship
4. Interreligious Marriage
5. Interreligious Funeral
6. Interreligious Engagement
Author's English Publications on Interreligious Relations
Index of Personal Names
Rev. Dr. Israel Selvanayagam, a presbyter of the Church of South India, hails from a remote village in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. At the end of his theological education and ministerial training in Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai, 1977, he had a `second call' for the new ministry of inter-religious dialogue. Since then his ministry, pastoral and teaching, both in India and the United Kingdom, has an inter-religious focus. He has an impressive publication record both in English and Tamil. Christian World Imprints is pleased to have published his books, most remarkably, `Kristu Bhakti and Krishna Bhakti' (2017) and `Religion and Religions' (2018).