MM Thomas - Life, Legacy and Theology

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THEOLOGY OF MADATHILPARAMPIL MAMMEN THOMAS Jesus the Christ: the ONLY Way to God and to Human Flourishing M. Thomas Thangaraj Professor Thangaraj has published various articles in Tamil, English and U.S. periodicals and has written Christian hymns in Tamil for use in churches in India. His current research focuses on Indian Christian theological responses to religious pluralism and on constructing a systematic theology from a global perspective. Ecclesiological Dimension: The role of the institutional church in the divine scheme of human well-being is an important dimension of this core-issue. If the church, as it now exists, is an integral part of the divine economy, then exclusivist claims about Christ will lead to particular understandings of mission as evangelism and church growth. Wesley Ariarajah’s discussion of religion in bipolar categories of established/prophetic or movement/institution has raised some important issues to be looked at in detail. There is yet another dimension to this discussion too. Even if Christ is the only way, it does not necessarily follow that we need to have a church like the one we have now. On the other hand, if Christ’s claim to exclusivity does not include a vision of a community of faith like 147
THEOLOGY OF MADATHILPARAMPIL MAMMEN THOMAS the church, do we not then end up as disjointed individuals who are attached, singly, to Christ? These are questions to ponder. M. M. Thomas, a 20th century Indian Christian theologian, maps a way forward in his vision of the church as a "Christ-centered fellowship" that is not limited to the organized institutional church alone. 148
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