By Saju Chackalackal Name of the Book: Fostering Feminine Genius: An Empowering Theology of Women from Kuriakose Elias Chavara Author: Jossy Maria CMC Publishers: Dharmaram Publications Price: Rs. 250 (US$ 25) Bengaluru, Aug 15, 2020: Christian discipleship is a collective effort to reclaim ‘the original blessing’ of the Kingdom ofContinue Reading
Review By Victor Edwin Author: Ziya Us Salaam HarperCollins Publishers India (2020) New Delhi, Aug 5, 2020: Inside The Tablighi Jamaat by Ziya Us Salaam is the story of a contemporary Islamic movement. From its origins (1927), the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) assiduously focused on what it considered the spiritual renewalContinue Reading
July 23, 2020: Mother Teresa’s life and the history of Albania – especially its people’s relationship with Catholicism – are intertwined, with the humanitarian icon epitomizing her nation’s cultural and spiritual DNA, the new study Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation reveals. Its author, Dr Gëzim Alpion, from theContinue Reading
C. M.Paul Darjeeling, July 14, 2020: A priest film critic has come up with a new book on 101 of his favorite movies entitled: Dear Movies. The author is Australian Missionary of the Sacred Heart, Fr Peter Malone. He was the last president of OCIC and first president of SignisContinue Reading
Author: Savi Sharma Publisher: Westland Ltd, Chennai Book Year: 2016, Reprinted 2018 Pages: 174 PriceL 199 Rupees By Robinson Rodrigues Vaishali, July 14, 2020: With a wonderful blend of emotions and a dash of sweet suspense, this romantic novel revolves around two main characters, Meera, who aspires to be anContinue Reading
Published by ‘Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge’ (ISPCK), Delhi. Edited by: Francis Gonsalves and Vinod Victor By Vinod Victor New Delhi, June 26, 2020: A good book captures the heartbeat of the context in which it is written and treasures for posterity vivid images of the tears and existentialContinue Reading
Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 27, 2020: Even as tourism, mining, and real estate take center-stage in the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in Goa, a scholarly new book sheds light on the rapid spread of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. Dubbed the world’s fastest-growing movement, the New Religious Movements (NRMs) co-exist in a state whereContinue Reading
By Frederick Noronha Panaji, April 28, 2020: They have been called the “schoolmasters of Europe.” For decades, if not centuries, this religious order has played a key role in exchanging information, about science and plants, between India and Europe. At times, they were conservatives, and at other times, they haveContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Rome, 22 March 2020 — A 250 page book presenting the worldwide Salesian Family lists 32 groups with a total of 2,51,159 (two lakh fifty nine thousand one hundred fifty nine) members. The book published in 6 languages (Italian, French, English, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish) with numerousContinue Reading
Darjeeling, March 15, 2020 — A book launch in Darjeeling brought together some 50 literati in the hills in spite of the impending threat of pandemic COVID 19 virus and West Bengal Government ordered shut down from 16 to 31 March. The event was held at the recently renovated iconicContinue Reading