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SEMINAR AT DARSHAN THELOGATE
– 2018
“CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA IN THE PRESENT POLITICAL SCENARIO:
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES”
In the Indian way of life religion plays an important role. Christianity is
one of the religions which has flourished far and wide in our country. In
our times the political scenario seems to pose before us various challenges
and opportunities. Therefore it was an apt and gracious moment to host a
seminar on this topic at our Darshan Institute of Theology, Bengaluru.
The Resource person, Dr. Vincent Alva, Principal of Milagris College, Udupi,
on 25th August 2018, deeply enumerated and elucidated on the theme
Christianity in India in present political Scenario: Opportunities and
Challenges. Fr. Albert Lewis, the Dean of Studies delivered the welcome
address. In the keynote address, Rev. Fr. Vincent Furtado, Dean of Studies
at Kripalaya, Institute of Philosophy and Religion, brought to light in a
nutshell the opportunities and challenges before us in the present context
to keep alive the flame of Christianity in our mother India.
The seminar was attended by the religious men and women religious from the
Kengeri Denary as well as we were privileged to have amidst us Jesuits
scholastics with their administrator from Anekal. The much-awaited input
sessions by the Resource person was done in two sessions. Though we are
facing a turbulent political atmosphere, it’s a challenge for us to keep a
vibrant and authentic lifestyle as a true Christian was made very vivid by
the resource person. Tsunami, Floods are not repeated often, but they bring
pain and warn us. So too we must be warned to be aware of our fundamental
rights and duties enshrined in the constitutions as a true Indian. For what
is the use of collecting arrows without knowing the kind of weapons others
have. We will be lost if we are not prepared to face this turbulent
atmosphere.
As a concluding note,he invited us to think twice before putting our hands
into Spiritual invasion. Last but not the least he cautioned us in the words
of a Hindu Scholar, “Do not criticize others without knowledge but criticize
out of Knowledge’. Questions were raised on various issues, to which the
animator clarified and posed his suggestions and reflections. Fr. Salvador
Fernandes, the Rector of the Institute gave an apt concluding note to the
seminar. With the institute Anthem we proceeded to the dining hall where
everyone shared a fellowship meal.
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