WHO IS THIS CHILD?: FROM COMMON BABE TO KING OF KINGS
The child in Bethlehem would grow up to be a friend of sinners, not a friend of Rome. He would
WITNESSING TO THE GOSPEL IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD
Edited by Clement Valluvassery
This volume is a wakeup call. It challenges us to ponder over the words of Pope Paul VI anew and take up the required steps: “modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses (Evangelii nuntianti 41).”
Women and Worship – Perspectives from World Religions (journal of Dharma)
Editor
Augustine Thottakkara
WOMEN IN DHARMASASTRAS: A Phenomenological and Critical Analysis
Edited by Chandrakala Padia
The book presents the critiques of women’s position in the social philosophy of “Dharmasastras” coming from both the East and West. It challenges the authoritative status of the Western philosophical interpretation, and an imperfect understanding of the Orient.
WOMEN, MEDIA AND VIOLENCE
Edited by Vidya Jain and Rashmi Jain
In patriarchal societies, all over the world, women experience subordination on a daily basis regardless of the class to which they belong. Women have been treated as the ‘other’ who required subordination, control and differential treatment. Whether it is economic security, food security, health security, personal or political security, women and young girls are affected in very specific ways due to their physical, emotional and material differences and also due to the important social, economic, and political inequalities existing between women and men. Despite constitutional provisions and affirmative action by the government to bring in gender equality we find that women still face a lot of challenges.
World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in The Modern World 2 Volume Set 2nd Edition
by David B. Barrett (Editor), George T. Kurian (Editor), Todd M. Johnson (Editor)
Here is the completely updated and greatly expanded new edition of a classic reference source–the comprehensive overview of the world’s largest religion in all its many versions and in both its religious and secular contexts.
Now in two volumes, the Encyclopedia presents and analyzes an unmatched wealth of information about the extent, status, and characteristics of twentieth-century Christianity worldwide. It takes full account of Christianity’s ecclesiastical branches, subdivisions, and denominations, and treats
Christianity in relation to other faiths and the secular realm. It offers an unparalleled comparative study of churches and religions throughout the modern world.
This new edition features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world’s cultures and peoples in 238 countries. Each volume is
filled with essential information, from historical surveys of denominations to country-by-country profiles of churches and believers. The text sets the current status of Christianity into a rich historical context, and assesses current trends and future directions.
Many tables, charts, diagrams, photographs, a directory of names and organizations, a glossary, index, and other features ensure accessibility for specialists and non-specialists alike.
The Encyclopedia will be of great value to academics of many disciplines, clergy, administrators, and those who work in Christian and other religious organizations around the world, as well as to anyone interested in current affairs.