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saw the need for a spirituality which is able to help people to avoid defeatism Thomas’ radicalism. Can his insights help the pilgrimage of justice and peace to keep people and the right track? Can we find ‘a structure of ultimate meaning and sacredness’ that on the courage to work for justice and peace without resorting into radicalism? gives theological thinking provides us with a relevant approach that is worth exploring Thomas’ further. review of Thomas’ theology started with the question what would happen if he still This have been the moderator of the central committee? Would he have encouraged would World Council of Churches, its member-churches and ecumenical partners to the on the pilgrimage of justice and peace? Studying his writings, I conclude that he embark wouldhave welcomed the call from the assembly. At the same time he would certainly raised a number of critical questions as a positive contribution to the development have a right theological approach to the pilgrimage. He probably would have offered the of of cruciform humanity as a startingpoint for further reflection on practical and concept engagement. He would have challenged us to deepen our understanding of spiritual and peace from a theological perspective. He would have encouraged us to justice a spirituality that can prevent the pilgrim from ending the journey in defeatism develop from self-righteously marching on into the extreme, losing a reflective eye on God’s and Assembly of the world Council of Geneva: WCC Publications, 2014, p.36. Churches. Encountering the God of Life.Report of the 10th Assembly of the world Council of Churches.p.40, par.1 3 ‘A Spirituality for Combat’, in The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, 1984, p. 4M.M.Thomas, Man and the Universe of Faiths. Madras: CLS, 1975, p. xi. 5M.M.Thomas, Ideological Quest within Christian Commitment 1939-1954 . Madras: CLS, 1983, pp. 1ff. 7M.M.Thomas, Republished in Ideological Quest ..., p.36. 8 Republished in Ideological Quest ..., p.100. 9 Ideological Quest ..., p.131. 10 Ibid., p.132. 11 M.M.Thomas, Some Theological Dialogues. Madras: CLS, 1977, p.15. 12 Towards aTheology of Contemporary Ecumenism . Madras: CLS, 1978, p.36. 13M.M.Thomas, I gave my study of the development of Thomas’ thinking the titleTheology of Prophetic Participation as 14 of John Hick who called his lectures: God and the Universe of Faiths. Conform Thomas note at page hat vi.) Man and the Universe of Faiths, p.45. 20 Man and the Universe of Faiths , pp.37ff. 21 The Christological Task of India”, Religion and Society, Vol.XI, No.3, September 1964, pp.5f 24“Editorial: The Acknowledged of the Indian Renaissance, p.239 25 Conclusion grace. M.M.Thomas, ‘Faith Seeking Understanding and Responsibility’.Unpublished manusript.Archives 1 the United Theological College in Bangalore. of Erlinda N. Senturias and Theodore A. Gill, Jr. (Eds.), Encountering the God of Life. Report of the 10th 2 6 Hielke T. Wolters, Theology of Prophetic Participation. M.M. Thomas’ Concept of Salvation and the Co llective Struggle for Fuller Humanity in India. Delhi/Bangalore: ISPCK/UTC, 1996, pp.12-74. expression of this search an Salvation and Humanisation , pp.9f. 15 16Man and the Universe Faiths, pp.xi-xii. (The title of Thomas’ book shows an opposite approach to t of M.M.Thomas, Religion and the Revolt of the Oppressed . Delhi: ISPCK, 1981, p.55 17 19 Some Dialogues, chapter 7. Theological Ibid., p.38. 22 23 26 M.M.Thomas, New Creation in Christ. Delhi: ISPCK, 1976, p.18.
Ibid., p.13 27 The Secular Ideologies of India and the Secular Meaning of Christ , p.199. 28 Towards a Theology of Contemporary Ecumenism , p.203. 29 Paton (ed.), Breaking Barriers Nairobi 1975. London/Grand Rapids: SPCK/ Eerdmans, 1976, p. 30David the lack of gender awareness of those days. eflects Salvation and Humanisation , p.4. 33 Breaking Barriers, p.208 34 Religion and the Revolt of the Oppressed , p.53. 35 David Jenkins, ‘Theological Inquiry Concerning Human Rights’, The Ecumenical Review, Vol.XXVII, 36 April 1975, p.103. No.2, Towards a Theology of Contemporary Ecumenism , p.179. 37 Religion and the Revolt of the Oppressed , p.54.Italics by Thomas. 38 Towards a Theology of Contemporary Ecumenism , p.181 39 Invitation to the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Revised’, Central Committee, July 2-8, 2014, Gen 40An Fykse Tveit, Christian Solidarity in the Cross of Christ. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2012, p. 14. 42Olav Thomas was inspired by this book already in the early 1930s. 43 239. Ibid., p.240. 31 32New Creation Christ, p.20. While reading passages like these, one notices how Thomas’ language r in eva Switzerland, Document No.5 rev. 41Together Towards Life.Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes , paragraph 11. Downloaded from www.marthoma.in
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