Rev. Fr. Dr. Jacob Kurian

Rev. Fr. Dr. Jacob Kurian

Rev. Fr. Dr. Jacob Kurian

 Rev. Fr. Dr. Jacob Kurian

VP – Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Rev. Fr. Dr. Jacob Kurian will be one of the speakers at the Family and Youth Conference 2009.

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Educational Qualifications

  • MA (Indian Philosophy and Religions) – Banaras Hindu University, First Class, First Rank, Gold Medalist.
  • BD (Serampore University)
  • MTh (Serampore University) Christian Theology. First Class, First Rank Master’s Prize-Winner
  • DTh (Doctoral Research was successfully completed in 1988 in Patristic Theology and Indian Philosophy under Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios.

Professional History

  • Teacher at the Orthodox Theological Seminary, since 1978 (Faculty of Theology)
  • Priest of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church since 1979 (At present Vicar St. Mary’s & St. Johns Orthodox Church, Kurichy, Kottayam Diocese)

Activities

  • First co-secretary of the Joint International Commission for Catholic Church and Malankara Orthodox Church
  • Member of Joint International Commission for Catholic Church and Malankara Orthodox Church
  • Secretary for Inter-Church Relations of the Malankara Orthodox Church and served as a member of the Standing Commission, Faith and Order, WCC for one term.
  • Speakers at the Faith and Order Plenary Assembly in Kaulalampur.
  • One of the three respondent-speakers at the Plenary Session on Church Unity at the WCC Assembly, Porto-Algre
  • One of the drafters of the document on “Religious Plurality and Cherish Self-Understanding” (a joint work of WCC Dialogue Desk, Faith and Order and WCC). I am the Editor of ‘On Ecumenism” by Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios

Published Works

  1. Cloud of Witness (Malayalam), Lay Training Programme, Orthodox Theological Seminary (O.T.S), Kottayam, Kerala, India,1985.
  2. In the Way of Witnessing (Malayalam), Kottayam, Kerala, India, 1987.
  3. Commentary on the Gospel of Luke (Malayalam), Thiruvachana Bhashyam, O.T.S, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 1989.
  4. Encyclopaedia on Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Ed Malayalam), O.T.S, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 1993.
  5. A new look on Sri. Sankara, Kant Publications, Delhi, India, 1996.
  6. “Eluetheria and Muki,” Freedom, Love & Community, C.L.S., Madras, India, 1981.
  7. “An Idealist’s View of Theology”, Star of the East, April 1981.
  8. “Dear are Orthodogma and Orthodoxa, dearer still is Orthopraxis”, Triune God-Love-Justice-Peace, pp57-68, 1989.
  9. “Indigenisation of Church in India”, Orthodox Identity in India, Bangalore, India, 1988.
  10. “From Hollowness to Wholeness”, few Indian reflections on Healing Ministry, Madras Medical Mission, 1994.
  11. The Manifestation of the Unity of the Church”, paper presented at the Joint Inter-national Commission of the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Church, 1992.
  12. “Wider Ecuminism in the context of the religious pluralism in India”, NCCI Review, 1994.
  13. “Significance of the Christological consensus at the Vienna Consultations in the context of the dialogue with other Faiths in India”, Malankara Sabha, 1994.
  14. “The Indian foundations of Greek Philosophy: Pythagorean origins in Buddhism”, NCC Review, August 1995.