bio
Rudolf C. Heredia is an independent writer/researcher. Born in 1941, joined the Society of Jesus in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1973. He obtained his doctorate in Sociology from the University of Chicago (1979), and taught sociology at St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, where he was the founder director of the Social Science Centre.
In 1990-92 he was Director, Department of Research, at the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and edited the institute’s journal, Social Action, 1990-93 and again in 2005 – 2008. From 2004 to 2010, he was a research consultant at the Indian Social Institute, and research consultant from 2016-2020. His interests include issues related to religion, education, globalisation. He is now resident in Mumbai.
In 1990-92 he was Director, Department of Research, at the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and edited the institute’s journal, Social Action, 1990-93 and again in 2005 – 2008. From 2004 to 2010, he was a research consultant at the Indian Social Institute, and research consultant from 2016-2020. His interests include issues related to religion, education, globalisation. He is now resident in Mumbai.
Some of his earlier publications are: Voluntary Action and Development: Towards a Praxis for Non-Government Agencies, Tribal Education for Community Development: A Study of Schooling in the Talasari Mission Area, Urban Housing and Voluntary Agencies: Case Studies in Bombay, Institute of Social Sciences, and Tribal Identity and Minority Status: The Katkari Nomads in Transition, 1994;
And more recently: A Clown for God, A Clown for others: Recollections of an Indian Jesuit, Changing Gods: Rethinking Conversion in India, Taking Sides: Reservations Quotas and Minority Rights, Reconciling Difference: Collective Violence in India.
He has also published in various journals like the Economic and Political Weekly, Contributions to Indian Sociology, New Frontiers in Education, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, and also in some of the national newspapers including The Times of India, The Hindu, India Express.
Bibliography – books
List of Books Published/edited
For the List of 300 Journal articles with publication details- click here
A Clown for God, A Clown for others: Recollections of an Indian Jesuit, Speaking Tiger, New Delhi, 2022.
Reconciling Difference: Beyond Collective Violence in India, Speaking Tiger, New Delhi, 2021.
Goa 2011: Reviewing and Recovering Fifty Years, 2014, editors Savio Abreu and Rudolf C Heredia, Concept Publ. New Delhi.
Taking Sides: Reservations Quotas and Minority Rights in India, Penguin, New Delhi India, 2012.
Changing Gods: Rethinking Religious Conversion in India, Penguin Books India, N. Delhi, Rs 350, pp.386, 2007.
Denotified and Normadic Tribes: The Challenge of Free and Equal Citizenship, Dept. of Sociology, Univ of Pune, March, 2007.
Mobile and Marginalized Peoples: Perspectives from the Past, 2003, ed. With Shereen F. Ratnagar, Manohar, N. Delhi.
The Family in a Changing World, edited with Edward Mathias, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, Oct 1995.
Secularism and Liberation: Perspectives and strategies for India Today, edited with Edward Mathias, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 1995.
Tribal Identity and Minority Status: The Kathkari Nomads in Transition, (with Rahul Srivastava) Concept Pub. N.Delhi, 1994.
Tribal Education for Community Development: A study of Schooling in the Talasari Mission Area, Concept Pub. N. Delhi, 1992.
Urban Housing and Voluntary Agencies: Case Studies in Bombay, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, 1989.
Voluntary Action and Development: Towards a Praxis for Non-Government Agencies, Concept Pub., New Delhi, 1988.
Settlements and Shelter: Alternative Housing for the Urban Poor in Bombay, Committee for the Right to Housing, Bombay, 1985, pp. 44. Also published by I.S.I., New Delhi, in their Monograph Series No. 26, 1986.
Religious and Social Change: Behavioural Responses in Bombay University, Indian Social Institute, Monograph Series, New Delhi, 1984.
Structure and Performance of College Education: An Organisational Analysis of Arts and Science Colleges in Bombay, Somaiya Pub., Bombay, 1981.
List of 300 Journal articles
“Theory and Thesis: A Critique of Method” . Indian Ecclesiastical Studies, Vol. VI Nos. 2-4 (1967) pp.105-119.
“The Pantheism of Ramanuja”. Paths Margah, Vol. III
. No.2. (1969), pp. 21-30.
“The Monotheism of Sankara“. Indian Ecclesiastical Studies,Vol. IX, No. 4, (1970) pp. 204-221.
“The Political Philosophy of Aristotle”. Ibid, Vol. XI, No.1 (1972) pp.24-37.
“Covenant Theology”. Indian Ecclesiastical Studies, Vol XI, No. 3 (1972), pp. 174-201.
“The College Teacher in a Metropolitan University: A Socio-demographic Profile”, in TheIndianAcademicProfession, Suma Chitnis and Philip G. Altbach, eds, Macmillan, New Delhi, 1979, pp. 68-82.
“The College Teachers and Academic Organization”. pp. 83-101.
“Modernity, Rationality and Higher Education”, a review of S.L. Sharma’s, `The Modernizing Effects of University Education’, Allied Pub. 1979, New Delhi, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XV, No. 20, 17th May 1979, pp. 885-886.
“A Profile of Institutional Goals in College Education”, Social Action, Vol. XXX, No.2 (Apr-Jun. 1980), pp. 162-169.
“Structure and Performance of College Education in India”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. IX, No.2, (Apr-Jun 1980), pp. 21-33.
“Examination Performance and Goal Displacement”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XI, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 1980), pp. 1-7.
“Pedagogy and Scholarship: The Academic Dilemma of College Teachers”, Social Action, Vol.XXXI, No.2 (Jun-Mar 1981), pp. 99-106.
“The Dilemma of Innovative Change: An Organisational Analysis”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XI, No.II, (Jan-Mar 1981), pp. 12-18
Structure and Performance of College Education: An Organisational Analysis of Arts and Science Colleges in Bombay, Somaiya Pub., Bombay, 1981, pp. xiv + 192, Rs. 65.
“Religion and Modernization in India”. Indica, Vol. 18, No.1, March 1981, pp. 27-50.
“Some Dilemmas in College Teaching”. New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XVI, No.3 (Jul-Sept 1983), pp. 30-33.
“Marathas and Tribals: An Evaluation of Approaches to Rural Inequality”. Social Action, Vol. XXXIII, No.3 (Jul-Sept, 1983), pp. 245-261.
Religious and Social Change: Behavioural Responses in Bombay University, Indian Social Institute, Monograph Series, New Delhi, 1984, pp. 32, Rs.5.
“Option for the poor and promotion of Justice”, Ignis Studies, Vol. 2 No.8. (Oct-Dec 1984), pp. 53-62.
“The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ”. Indian Theological Studies, Vol. 22, No. 4, (Sept `85), pp. 338-379.
“Towards an Educational Revolution beyond the Affiliating Model”, in Inequality: Its Basis and Search for Solutions. ed. Walter Fernandes, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 1985, pp. 179-190.
Settlements and Shelter: Alternative Housing for the Urban Poor in Bombay, Committee for the Right to Housing, Bombay, 1985, pp. 44. Also published by I.S.I., New Delhi, in their Monograph Series No. 26, 1986.
“Minority Rights and Reservation Policy: Towards Coherence and Co-existence”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XVI, No. 2, (Apr-Jun `86) pp. 60-63. (Earlier this had appeared in the AIACHENewsletter, Vol. XIX No. 4 Oct-Dec `85, pp. 8-9).
“Jesuit Province Administration: The Government You Deserve”, Ignis, Vol. XV No. 2, (Apr-Jun 1986) pp. 60-63.
“Transition and Transformation”: The Opposition between Industrial and Pre-industrial Types of Society in the Writings of Karl Marx, Ferdinand Tonnies, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, SociologicalBulletin, Vol. 35, No. 1, March 1986, pp. 29-43 (Pub: July 1986).
“Catholic Colleges as Agents of Change”, Christian Perspectives in Education, The Mission of the Catholic College in India Today? ed., Herve Morisette, Xavier Board of Higher Education, Bangalore, pp. 129-139, 1987.
“Religious Conversion as Political Protest”. Indian Post, 19th July `87.
“Living in Trust” Jivan, Sep. 1987, p. 13
“Anxious Woman, Jivan, Sep. 1987, p. 13
“Religious Movements and Mass Movements: A Comparison between Ambedkar and Gandhi, , (Feb. `88) Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 75- 82).
Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection
Voluntary Action and Development: Towards a Praxis for Non-Government Agencies, Concept Pub., New Delhi, 1988, pp. 96.
Rs. 70.
“For the Solution of an Evangelical Problem”, Ignis, Vol. XVII, No. 6, 1988, pp. 273-280.
Urban Housing and Voluntary Agencies: Case Studies in Bombay, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, 1989, pp. 72,Rs. 100.
“Ethics and Ecology: Towards an Ecological Ethic-Religious and Secular Perspectives”. New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, (July-Sep 1988), pp. 1-5.
“Some Dilemmas in College Teaching”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XVI, No. 3, (July-Sep 1986), pp. 30-33.
“The Characteristics of St. Xavier’s-Reflections on a Faculty Opinion Poll”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XIX, No. 2, (Apr-Jun 1989), pp. 208-226.
“Social Medicine for Hostile Health: An Alternative Response to the Present Crisis,” in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.25, No.49, 1-8 Dec.1990, pp.2673-80.
Environmental Ethics: Misconceptions and Principles, IASSI Quarterly, Vol.9, No.3,Jan-Mar 1991, pp.187-94.
“Towards an Ecological Consciousness: Religious, Ethical and Spiritual Perspectives” Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, Part I, Vol.55, No.9, Sep.1991, pp.489-505, and Part II Vol.55, No.10, Oct 1991, pp. 569-587. Also in New Frontiers in Education, , Vol.21, No.3, Jul-Sep. 91, pp.292-328. Abridge version appended in Ignis, Vol.20, No.6, 1991, pp.279-284 as “An eco-sensitive spirituality for today.”
“A self-help Plan for Bombay”, Compass:AJesuitJournal, Vol.9, No.4, Sep-Oct 1991, pp.31-34.
“Georg’s Simmel’s Quest for Individuation in the Metropolis”, IASSI Quarterly, Vol.10, No.1, Jul-Sep 1991, pp.143-146.
“Protestants in Urban Milieu”, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol, 25, No.20, 19 May ’90, pp.1081-82.
“Missed Opportunity”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.27, No.8, 22 Feb ’92, p.410.
“Opening the Door: The Jesuit Contribution to Dialogue”, Indica, Vol.29, No.1, Mar 1992.
Tribal Education for Community Development: A study of Schooling in the Talasari Mission Area, Concept Pub. N. Delhi, 1992.
“Conversion and Confrontation: Issues and Concerns in the Talasari Mission” in Jesuits in India: In Historical Perspective, edited by, Teotonio de Souza, and Charles J. Borges, Institute Cultural de Macan and Xavier Centre for Historical Research, Goa, 1992, pp. 135-155.
“Between Religion and Politics: Dialogue and Dialectics”, Bk. Review of Between Marx and Christ: The Dialogue in German Speaking Europe, 1870-1970, by Hane, Bentley, Disha Publication, Delhi, 1990, pp. 191, Rs. 150, Economic and Political Weekly, V.27, N.37, 12 Sep. 92, pp. 1980-1.
“Conversion and Confrontation: The Talasari Mission Experience”, Vidyajyoti Journal Theological Reflection, Delhi, V,57, N,II, Nov.92, pp.597-607.
“Value-Neutrality and Prejudice”, Economic and Political Weekly, V.27, N.45, 7 Nov. 92, p.2444.
“Tribal Education in India: Reversing the Downward Spiral”, New Frontiers in Education, V.22, N.4, Oct.-Dec. 92, pp. 611-623.
Also in JournalofEducationandSocialChange, Vol.6, No.2, July-Sept. 1992, 32-44, and pp.45-58.
“A Liberative Pedagogy for Transformation”, Indian Theological Studies, vol.29, No.4, Dec. 1992,, pp.329-351.
“The Spiritual Exercises and the Need for a New Hermeneutic” 1992, Part I Ignis V. 21, N. 4, pp.175-184, 1993, Part II, V. 22, N. 1, pp.15-23, Part III
. ibid., 1993, V. 22, N. 2, pp.62-73.
“Legislation and Housing”, Economic and Political Weekly, V.28, N.3 and 4, 16-23 Jan. 1993, pp.97-100.
“Levels of Discourse on `Communalism'”, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theologival Reflection, Vol.57, No. 8, Aug. 1993, pp.486-89.
“Education and Mission: The School as an Agent of Evangelization in India”, in Discoveries, Missionary Expansion and Asian Culture, editor Teotonio R. de Souza, Concept Pub., New Delhi, 1994, pp. 115-137 and also in New Frontiers in Education, Vol 25, No. 1, Jan-Mar. 1995, pp 15-39 and in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 30, No.37, 16 Sep 1995, pp. 2332-40.
“Ethical Implications of a Global Climate Change: Third World Perspective”, Mainstream, Vol.32, No.27, 21 May 1994, pp.21-26.
“The Green Road to Rio and Beyond”, The Book Review, Vol.18, No.7, Jul.94, pp.20-21. Book Review of Green Alternative Politic in West Germany Vol 1: The New Social Movements, by Saral Sarkar, UN Press, UN University Press, Tokyo, and Promilla & Co., N. Delhi, 1993, pp.xii+350, Rs.500, and The Road From Rio: Environment and Development and Policy Issues in Asia, Tata Energy Research Institute, N.Delhi, 1993, pp.xiv+218, npl. Also in The Hindu, 17 July 94, p.VI.
“Ecocide or Eco-Ethic?”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol.29, no.33, 13 Aug. 1994, pp. 2175-76.
Tribal Identity and Minority Status: The Kathkari Nomads in Transition, (with Rahul Srivastava) Concept Pub. N.Delhi, 1994.
“Mobilising Ideology or Humanising Faith?”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 29, No. 42, 15 Oct.94. pp.2737-38 (A review article of Religion and Politics in the United States, by Kenneth D. Wald, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1992, pp. xv 380Rs100.)
“Eco-Ethics for an Eco-Crisis: A Third World Perspective on Global Warming and Climate Change”, accepted by The Environmental Professional Journal of the National Association of Professionals, Biddeford, Maine, U.S.A.
Secularism and Liberation: Perspectives and strategies for India Today, edited with Edward Mathias, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 1995.
“Secularism and Nation building in a Multi-Religious Society”, in Secularism and Liberation, above, and also in Towards Secular India, Vol.1, No.3, Jul-Sep 1995, pp. 44-64.
“Tribal Education for Development: Need for a Liberative Pedagogy for Social Transformation”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.30, No.16, 22nd April, 95, pp. 891-97. This paper is based on the J. P. Naik Memorial Oration, delivered at the Indian Institute of Education, Pune, in Nov. 1993.
The Family in a Changing World, edited with Edward Mathias, Indian Social Institute, N.Delhi, Oct 1995.
“Jesuit Higher Education in India Today: Institutionalizing Our Charism in the Affiliating University”, Jivan, V.15, N.9, Nov. 1995, pp.25-26. Also in InternationalHigherEducation: The Boston College Centre for International Higher Education, No. 3, Dec. 1995, pp. 9-11.
“Tribal Identity and Dignity: An Integrative Response”, New Frontiers in Eduation, Vol. XXV, No.3, Jul-Sept.1995, pp.242-259.
“The Tribal Question: Fundamental Issues”, New Frontiers in Education, Vo. XXV, No. 4, Oct-Dec., 1995, pp.358-376.
“Pluralism, Tolerance and Dialogue”, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 60, No. 4, Apr. 1996, pp. 255-64.
“We are All Neighbours Now: Reflections for an Interreligious Dialogue”, Salam,vol.17, No. 2, Apr. 1996, pp. 37-47
“Passions of the Mind, Compassion from the Heart: In Testimony of George Soares-Prabhu, S.J.”, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 60, No. 7, Jul., 1996, pp.433 – 42.
“Teaching as a Subversive Activity: Pedagogies for Change”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol.26, No.3, Jul-Sep. 1996, pp.236-248. Later version in The Practice of Sociology, ed Maitrayee Chaudhuri, Orient Longman,N. Delhi, 2003, pp. 39 – 54.
“Dissolving differences in mutual understanding”, Times of India, Mumbai, 6 Nov. 1996, p.15.
“Dialogue, not mere tolerance, brings us closer”, Times of India, Mumbai, 27 Nov. 1996, p.13.
“True faith is not the tool of ideology”, Times of India,Mumbai, 29 Jan.97, p.13.
“The Relevance of Subaltern Alternatives”, Jeevan, Mar. 97, Vol.18, No.3, pp.4-5.
“Ethnicity, Class and Nation: Interrelationships in a Multi-Cultural State”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.22, No.19, 10-16 May, 1997, pp.1010-1015.
“Tolerance and Dialogue as Responses to Pluralism and Ethnicity”, Social Action, Vol. 47, No.3, 1997, pp.346-364
“Coping with a Pluri-form World: Reflections on Tolerance and Inter-Religious Dialogue”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol.27, No.1, Jan-Mar 1997, pp.26-32.
“An Ethics For Our Ecological Crisis Times of India, Mumbai, 27 Oct 97, p.13.
“Passengers On The Good Spaceship Earth”, Times of India, Mumbai, 22 Nov 97, p.13.
“An Alternative Development Paradigm of the Poor”, Jivan, Vol.18, No.10, Dec 97, pp.26-27.
“The Deep Dream of Peace”, Times of India,Mumbai, 2 Feb 98, p. 13.
“Religion in a Plural Society”, Humanscape, Vol. 5, No. 2, Feb 1998, pp.33-35.
“Re-Enchanting the World?…. ” ibid., Vol. 5, No.3, Mar. 1998, pp. 28-29.
“Eco-Ethics for an Eco-Crisis: A Third World Perspective on Global Warming and Climate Change”, Pt.I, Vidyajyoti: Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol.62, No.5, May 1998, pp.323-335. And Pt. II, ibid., Vol 62, No.6., Jun 1998, pp.391-406.
“The high price of change”, Times of India, 19th October 98, p.11.
“Education for Liberation: Redefinitions and Reformulations for Christian Higher Education”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. 27, No.4, Oct-Dec, 1998.
“The Anglican Ethic and the Spirit of Imperialism”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 33, No. 45., 7 Nov. 98, pp 2841 -8. Book review “Providence and the Raj: Imperial Mission and Missionary Imperialism”, by Gerald Studden-Kenndy; Sage Publications, New Delhi, London, 1998.
“The Duty of the Good Neighbour”, The Times of India, 30th January 99, p.15.
“The Recent Atrocities Against Christians: Suggestion for an Inter-religious Dialogue”, Guest Editorial Vidyajyoti: Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol.63, No.2, February 1999, pp.81-83.
“The Ethics of Ecological Debt”, Times of India, 20th Mar 99, p. 13.
Interview with Ranjit Hoskote on Interreligious dialogue, Times of India, 30 May 1999. Also in Creighton Jesuit Newsletter, Issue 6: http://groups.creighton.edu/sjdialogue/documents/news/news6.html#a9
“Religious Movements and Mass Movements: A Comparison between Ambedkar and Gandhi, , (Feb. `88) Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 75- 82).
Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection,
“Secularism and Nation-Building”, 1999, in Nation-building in India: Culture, Power and Strategy, ed.Anand Kumar, Radiant Pub., N. Delhi, pp.85-102
“Theological Mission in Our Changing Situation”, in Hope at the Dawn of a New Century, ed.s Jacob Parappally, MSFS, and Evelyn Monteiro, SC. Proceedings of the Indian Theological Association, 24-28 Apr. 1999, Dharmaram Pub., 2000. pp. 125 – 154.
“Pluralism and the Pedagogy of Tolerance”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. 30, No.1, Jan-Mar., 2000, pp. 1-4.
“Tribal History: Living Word or Dead Letter?”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.. 35, No. 8, 29 Apr. 2000, pp. 1522-25.
“Subaltern alternatives of Caste, class and ethnicity”, Contributions to Indian Sociology, V. 34, N. 1, Jan-Apr. 2000, pp. 37-62.
“Winners and Losers in a Zero Sum Game”, Times of India, 20 Apr. 2000, p.12.
“Ecological Ethic of Lasting Value”, Times of India 22 June 2000, p.10.
“Hindu Nationalism and Subaltern Alternatives”, Mainstream, Vol.38. No.28, 1 Jul.2000, pp.7 -13.
“Gandhi’s Synthesis: A Celebration”, Times of India, 10 Jul.2000, p.10.
“To Redeem the Future Bond with the Past”, Times of India, 3 Aug. 2000, p.12.
“Reinterpreting Hinduism: The Way Gandhi Did”, Times of India, 2 Oct 2000, p.12.
“Revisiting Gandhi, Rethinking ‘Nai Talim’: An Approach for Non-formal Vocational Education”, New Frontiers in Education, Vol. 30, No.3, Jul-Sep, 2000, pp.259 – 267.
“Persistence and Crisis in Indian Higher Education”, Social Action, Vol. 50. No. 4. Oct –Dec. 2000, pp. 364 – 371.
“Ambedkar and the Dalit Revolution” in Resisting the Status Quo: Transforming Society, ed. Ambrose Pinto, ISI, N.Delhi, 2000, Rs.150, pp.29-46.
“Hearers of the Word, Doers in the World: Towards a Christian Praxes of Faith-Action”, Awakening Faith, V13, N.6, Nov-Dec. 2000, pp. 231 – 234.
(With Ajay Dandekar) “Warli Social History: An Introduction”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 35, No. 50, 9 Dec. 2000, pp. 4428 – 4436.
“Interrogating Christian Education: Excellence and Relevance in Independent India”, in ed.s, S. Arokiasamy and John Chathanatt, Songs of Silence: Christians in Nation Building, Media House, Delhi, 2000, pp. 139 – 157.
“Autonomy as Moksha: The Quest for Liberation”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36, No. 2, 13 Jan. 2001, pp. 116 – 118. A review article of Gandhi: Struggle for Autonomy, by Ronald J. Terchek: Vistar Publication, New Delhi, 2000, pp. xiv+265, Rs.245 (paper)
“Politics of Fragmentation and Coalition: Relevance of Mahatma Phule”, New Quest, No. 140, Apr.-Jun., 2000, pp.160 – 173.
“Metaphors of the Passion”, 2001, TheExaminer, V.152, N.14, 7 Apr., pp.
“Resurrection Joy”, 2001, The Examiner, V.152, N.15, 14 Apr. pp. 8 –
“Faith, Reason and Religious Tradition: Celebrating Gandhi’s Synthesis”, Indian Journal of Secularism, Vol.5, No.1, Apr. – Jun., 2001, pp. 73 – 82.
“Dichotomy or Dialectic”, Folio, The Hindu, Sep.2001, pp.37,38.
“Preserving tribal identity and dignity”, One India One People, Vol.5, No.5, Dec. 2001, pp.19 – 21.
“Juridical Construction of Community”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 36, N.52, Dec. 2001, pp. 4862 – 64. Book Review: A Question of Community: Religious Groups and Colonial Law, Amrita Shodhan, Samya, Kolkata, 2001.
“War on Terror or Jihad for Peace?” Jivan, Vol. 1, No. 4, Feb. istory: An Introdu 2002, p. 19.
“Globalisation and Its Politics: Contradictions and Challenges”, Social Action, Vol.52, No. 1, Jan- Mar, 2002, pp. 1 – 15.
“Globalisation and Religion: Contradictions and Complementarities,” Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, V.7, N.1, Summer 2001, pp.43 – 58. (Published 2002)
”Ideals of Freedom, Fidelity and Love”, Times of India, 26 June 2002, p.14.
“Coping with a Pluri-form World: Reflections on Tolerance and Inter-Religious Dialogue, Awaking Faith, Vol.15, No.3, & Jul 2002, pp.111 – 115.
“India In the Twenty-first Century: Gandhi’s Dream, Nehru’s Vision or Modi’s Nightmare?, The Examiner, V.153, N.32, 10Aug02, pp.8-9,18.
“Subaltern Interrogations of Hindu Nationalism: Need for a New Hermeneutic”, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, Vol.66, No. 10, Oct. 2002, pp. 822 – 836, and No. 11, Nov. 2002, pp. 914 – 922.
“Interrogating Integration: The Counter-cultural Tribal Other”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 37, No. 52, 28 Dec. 03, 2002 – Jan 3 2001, pp.5174 – 5178.
“Faith and Reason: Dichotomy or Dialectic”, in ed.s Rosario Roacha and Kuruvilla Pandikattu, Dreams and Visions: New Horizons for the Indian Church. Essays in Honour of Prof. Kurien Kunnumpuram, S.J., Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 2002, pp. 179 – 189.
“Dichotomy or Dialectic: Sutras on the Faith-Reason Dilemma”, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 2, Win. 2002. Pp. 41-51.
“Globalisation and Cultural Nationalism”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.38, No.3, 18 Jan 2003, pp.207 – 8. Book Review of Lancy Lobo, 2002, Globalistion, Hindu Nationalism and Christians in India, Rawat Publ., Delhi, pp.240, Rs.450.
“Globalisation¸ Culture and Religion”, in ed.s Jacob Kavunkal, SVD, Errol D’Lima, SJ, Mahew Jayanth, SJ, Church in the Service of Asia’s Peoples, Janana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 2003, pp. 197 – 220.
“Teaching as a Subversive Activity: Pedagogies for Change”, in The Practice of Sociology, ed Maitrayee Chaudhuri, Orient Longman,N. Delhi, 2003, pp. 39 – 54.Earlier version in New Frontiers in Education, Vol.26, No.3, Jul-Sep. 1996, pp.236-248.
“Hindu Aversion for Dalit Conversion: No Entry, No Exit”, 2003, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 67, No. 6, Jun 03, pp. 401 –426.
“Option for the Poor and the Local Church”, 2003,Vidyajoti, Vol. 67, No. 7, Jul. pp. 583 – 598.
Mobile and Marginalized Peoples: Perspectives from the Past, 2003, ed. With Shereen F. Ratnagar, Manohar, N. Delhi.
“Reconstructing Identity, Preserving Dignity: The Struggle of the Nomadic Pastoralists”, in Mobile and Marginalized Peoples: Perspectives from the Past, 2003, ed. With Shereen F. Ratnagar, Manohar, N. Delhi, pp. 21-33.
Book Review: Feminism, Tradition and Modernity, ed. Chandrakala Padia, IIAS, Shimla, in Freedom First, No. 458, Jul. – Sep. 2003, pp.46 – 48.
“Colonialism to Gobalisation: Refounding the Church in the Indies”, in Jesuits in India: Visions and Challenges, ed. Delio de Mendonca, Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand, 2003, pp. 267 – 278. Also in Jeusits 2006, pp. 138-141.
“Fundamentalism: Reaction and Response”, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 69. No. 1, Jan 04, pp. 30 – 42.
Book Review: Communal Identity in India: Its Construction and Articulation in the Twentieth Century, ed. Bidyut Chakrabarti, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003, in Gandhi Marg, Vol.25, No. 4., Jan- Mar. 2004, pp 509.
Creative Dialogue Fostered through Art (A response to the Symposium), Euntes Docete, Vol. 8, 2003 – 2004, pp. 57 – 64.
“Religious Demography: …”, Manushri, No. 141, Mar-Apr.2004, pp. 32 – 36. . and in Third Millenneum: Indian Journal of Evangelization 2004, Vol. 7, No. 3, Jul. – Sep., pp. 103 – 112.
“Neighbours in a Pluralist World: The Clash of Civilisations versus a Dialogue of Religions”, in Ethical Approaches to Population, Poverty and Conflict with special reference to Islam, ed. Stan S’Souza, Indian Social Institute, N.Delhi, 2004, pp.219 -231.
“Is Challenge Built in the Formation Process?”, Jivan, Oct 2004, p. 19.
No Entry, No Exit, Savarna Aversion towards Dalit Conversion” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, No. 41, 9 Oct 2004, pp. 4543 – 4555.
“Demographic Fears”, Manushi, No.144, Sep –Oct 04, pp.3 – 4. (Response to J. K. Bajaj’s “Rejoiner: An Alarmist Reaction”, in 142, pp. 30 – 33 book review of Religious Demography in No. 141. See above)
“Globalisation and Minorities in South Asia,: Political, Cultural and Religious Dimensions”, in eds. M. Abdus Sabur, Lisa Schenk, New Visions for Peace, Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), pp. 63 – 87, Bangkok, nd.
“A Statement from the Margin”, The Book Review, V. 29, N. 1, Jan. 05, pp. 18 – 19. Review of Anthropology in the Margins of the State, eds., Veena Das & Deborah Poole, OUP, N. Delhi, 2004, pp. 330, Rs. 595.
“Faith, Reason and Religious Tradition: Celebrating Gandhi’s Synthesis”, in Traditions in Motion: Religion and Society in History, eds. Satish Saberwal and Supriya Varma, Oxford Univ. Press, N. Delhi, pp. 313-327. (Earlier version in Indian Journal of Secularism, Vol.5, No.1, Apr. – Jun., 2001, pp. 73 – 82.)
“Passionate Conservative”, Indian Express, 9 Apr 05, p. (Oped)
“God in His Many Disguises”, Indian Express, 26 Apr 05, p. (Oped)
“Refounding Jesuit Education Today for Tomorrow: A Foreword to Issues in Jesuit Education” 2005, in Issues in Jesuit education, Herman Castelino, ed., Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand.
Book Review, Gandhi and the Challenge of Religious Diversity Religious Pluralism Revisited,
Margaret Chatterjee, Promilla and Co. New Delhi, Pg. 371 Rs. 750. Book review: Social Action, Jul.-Sep. 2005, Vo. 55. No. 3, pp. 332 – 4.
“Conversion: Invitation to Introspection”, Indian Express, 8 Aug 05, Op.Ed. p. 11. Also in The Politics Behind Anti-Christian Violence: A Compilation of Investigation Committee reports into acts of violence against Christian Minorities, ed. Ram Puniyani, Media House, Delhi, 2006.
“Reconciliation and Collective Violence: Mediation between Victim and Violator”, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 69, No. 9, Sept. 2005, pp. 645 -658.
“Tribute to a Public Intellectual”, Hindu, 8 Nov 2005, Book review of Anti Utopia: Essential Writings of Andre Beteille, ed. Dipankar Gupta, OUP, N.Delhi, 2005, pp. viii + 494, Rs 594.
“Discernment for Non-Violence: Some Personal reflections on a Recent Workshop” Promotio Justitiae, Vol. 89, No. 4., 2005, pp. 28 – 30.
Book Review, Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste, by Gail Omvedt, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003, Social Action, V. 56., N. 1., Jan – Mar, 2006, pp. 205 -6.
Robinson, Rowena, Christians of India, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 2003, Book review, Anthropos: International review of Anthropology and Linguistics, 101. 2006/1 pp. 321-2.
“Collective Violence and Reconciliation”, in Ed.s Chathanatt, John and Manindra N. Thakur, ed.s, Wounded History: Relgion, Conflict, Psyche and Social Healing, Media House, Delhi, 2006, pp. 57-76.
Book Review, Gandhi and the Challenge of Religious Diversity Religious Pluralism Revisited,
Margaret Chatterjee, Promilla and Co., 2005, New Delhi, Pg. 371 Rs. 750. Social Action, V. 55., N. 3., 2005, pp. 332 – 4.
“Freedom of Speech and Religious Protest”, Guest Editorial, Vidyajyoti Jornal of Theological Reflection, V. 70, N. 4, April 2006, pp. 241 – 248.
The Ethics of Development: From Economism to Human Development, by Des Gasper, Vistaar Publisher, New Delhi, 2004, Book review, Social Action, V. 56, N. 3, Jul 2006, pp.315 – 6.
“A Dominant Voice on the Sociological Stage on Matters of Public Concern”, Book Review of Andre Beteille’s Ideology and Social Science, Penguin India, Rs 250, The Hindu, 22 Aug 06, p. 14.
“Sinking Old Horizons, Imagining New Ones: Debunking Exceptionalism”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 33, 19 Aug 2006, pp. 3586 – 3589. Book Review of Amartya Sen’s Identity And Violence: The Illusion Of Destiny, Penguin Books, England, 2006, pp. xx + 215. npl.
“Papal Reflections”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 38, 23 Sep 06, pp. 4013-16.
“Redeeming the Silence”, A Book Review of A Nomad Called Thief: Reflections on Adivasi Silence by G. N. Devy, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2006, pp 199, Rs. 295/-. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 42, 21 Oct 06, pp. 4437 -8.
Many Nations, Many Religions, 2006, The Hindu, Dec 3, p. 1.
“Inclusive Development, Liberating Modernity: Indic Civilisation at the Crossroads”, Pt. I, Vidyajoyti, Vol. 71, No. 1, Jan 2007, pp. 28-42. Pt 2 Vol. 71 No/ 2, Feb 2007, pp. 97 – 206
“How Can Asian Jesuits respond to the twin challenges?” Jivan, March 2007, pp. 21-22.
“Arrupe y la India”, 2007, in Pedro Arrupe, General de la Compania de Jesu: Nuevas aportaciones a su biografia, ed. Gianni la Bella, Ediciones Mensajero, Bilbao, Sal Terrae, Santander, pp 563-583.
“Denotified and Normadic Tribes: The Challenge of Free and Equal Citizenship”, Occassional Papers, Dept. of Sociology, Univ of Pune, March, 2007.
Changing Gods: Rethinking Religious Conversion in India, Penguin Books India, N. Delhi, Rs 350, pp.386, 2007.
Book Review, Reflections on the Right to Development, edited by Arjun Sengupta, Archana Negi, Moshumi Basu, Sage, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 366, Rs. 650, Social Action, V. 57. N. 1, Jan – Mar, 2007, pp. 108-9.
“Incarnating Christ in India: Pedro Arrupe and Inculturation”, 2007,Vidyajyoti, V. 71, N. 5, May, pp. 352-357.
“TheDialogue of Cultures:: From Paranoia to Metatanoia”, 2007, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42, No. 21, 21 May, pp. 1982-1989.
“Discern the Signs of the Times”, Jivan, Oct 2007, pp. 6-9.
“My inter-faith journey”, Jivan, Jan 2008, pp. 23-24. Also as “My inter-faith Journey Multiple Identities, Multiple Belongings: Common Ground for Equal Dialogue”, in Journeying Together in Faith: A collection of Inner Pilgrimages in Honour of Jesuit Father Paul Jackson, ed Victor Edwin, SJ and Edwin Daly,SJ, Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand, 2008, pp. 117-123.
“Provocative lessons”, The Week, 20 Apr 08, p. 89. Book review, John Dayal, A Matter of Equity: Freedom of Faith in Secular India, Anamika Pub. + Distribution, New Delhi, 2007, Rs.800, Pp.486
“She could have been…”, Jivan, May-June, 2008, p. 22.
“Reflecting on Water”, Women’s Link, V. 14, N. 3, Jul – Sep 08, p. 49.
“Development as Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective”, 2008, Vidyajyoti, V. 72, N. 7, Jul, pp. 502-522. Later in Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India, eds., Gurpreet Mahajan & Surinder S. Jodhka, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, N. Delhi, 2010, pp, 129-150.
“The DNA
of Religion: Faith or Ideology?”, Jivan Aug. 2008, p.17.
“Rediscovering our charism: Prayerful reflections on the GC 35 decree on Jesuit idenity” Jivan, Oct 2008, p. 25.
Protect freedom to change one’s religion”, The New Leader”, 1 Nov 2008, pp. 12-13.
“Let’s Rethink Conversion”, Times of India, 22 Nov. 2008, Oped.
“Religious Conversion in a Secular and Pluralist World”, in Cultural Challenges in Christian Mission in the 21st Century”, eds. S.M. Michael and Kuriala Chitattukalam, Media House, Delhi, 2008, pp. 250 – 289.
“Rethinking Conversion: Assessing the Reality, Freeing the Imagination”, Economic and Political Weekly, Editorial, V. 38, N. 42, 18 Oct 2008, pp. 5-6
“With renewed vigour and zeal: Prayerful reflections on GC 35 decrees”, Jivan, Nov- Dec, 2008 p.24.
“Rethinking Conversion: Assessing the Reality, Freeing the Imagination”, Vidyajyoti, Vol. 72, No. 12, Dec 2008, pp.886 – 890.
“Faith or Ideology”, Sensex, Vol. 2, No.1., Jan-Mar 2009, pp. 70-72.
“A Faith Acompli”, DNA
(Mumbai) 18 April 2009.
“India: Happy People or Great Power?”, Project, May 2009. No. 310, as “Peuple heureux ou grande puissance?”, pp. 52 – 69.
“Mission as Text in Context: Religious Conversions in Contemporary India”, Vidyajyoti, V. 73, N. 7, July, 2009, pp. 485-502.
“Gandhi’s Hinduism and Savarkar’s Hindutva”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 44, N. 29, 18Jul 2009, pp. 62-67. Reprinted Humanist Outlook, 2009, Vol. 12, No. 5, Autumn.
“Why I am a Christian”, Vidyajyoti, 2009, Oct, V. 73., N. 10, pp. 752-758.
“Society and State”, Infochange Agenda, No. 17, 2009, pp. 35-37.
“Development as Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective”, Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India, eds., Gurpreet Mahajan & Surinder S. Jodhka, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, N. Delhi, 2010, pp, 129-150. Earlier earlier in Vidyajyoti, V. 72, N. 7, Jul, 2008, pp. 502-522.
“Remembering Togetherness”,2010, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol – XLV No. 06, February 06, book review, Violent Gods: Hindu Nationalism in India’s Present, Narratives from Orissa, by Angana Chatterji, Three Essays, Gurgaon, 2000, pp. xiv + 470, Rs. 800.
“Globalisation and Identity: Multiple Processes, Complex Issues”, 2009, in Perspectives in Social Work, College of Social Work, Mumbai., Vol. 24, No. 3, Dec., pp. 1-30.
“Search for Identity, Quest for Dignity: The Dalits’ Long March” Vidyajyoti V. 74, N. 10, Oct, 2010, pp.744-760.
“Just Ends through Just Means: Justice as Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 46, N. 5, 30 Jan. 2011, pp. 62-67.
“Identity, Community, Mission: Jubilee Reflections for my friends and Companions”, 2011, Jan., Promotio Iustitiae, n° 105, 2011/1 p. 53 – 55,
“Interrogations from the Margins: Conversion as Critique”, 2011,History and Sociology of South Asia, 6 Jun, 5(2) 83–102
“Community as Mission”, Jivan, July, 2011, pp. 25-26.
Justifying Reservation Quotas and Minority Rights” Recapturing the Constitutional Vision”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 46, N. 30, 23 Jul 2011, pp. 62-70. Also in Vidyajyoti, Apr. 2012 V. 76., No. 4, pp 245-263, pt. I. pp. 245 – 261 & pt. II, May 2012, V. 76, N. 5, pp. 357-370.
“Democratising Democracy: Civil Society and Social Capital”, Guest Editorial, Vidyajyoti, Sept 2011, V. 75, N. 9, pp. 1-6 (642-646),
“Need for Lay Collaboration: New Thinking, New Models”, Jivan, Oct 2011, pp. 25-26.
McDonaldisation, McGospel and Om Economics, Jonathan D. James, Sage, Delhi, 2010. Pp. xxvii + 232, Rs. 596, hb. Book Review esocialsciences.com 5 Aug 2011.
“Inclusive Development, Liberating Modernity: Indic Civilisation at the Crossroads”, Pt. I, Vidyajoyti, Vol. 71, No. 1, Jan 2007, pp. 28-42. Pt 2 Vol. 71 No/ 2, Feb 2007, pp. 97 – 206
“Arrupe y la India”, 2007, in Pedro Arrupe, General de la Compania de Jesu: Nuevas aportaciones a su biografia, ed. Gianni la Bella, Ediciones Mensajero, Bilbao, Sal Terrae, Santander, pp 563-583.
“Denotified and Normadic Tribes: The Challenge of Free and Equal Citizenship”, Occassional Papers, Dept. of Sociology, Univ of Pune, March, 2007.
Book Review, Reflections on the Right to Development, edited by Arjun Sengupta, Archana Negi, Moshumi Basu, Sage, New Delhi, 2005, pp. 366, Rs. 650, Social Action, V. 57. N. 1, Jan – Mar, 2007, pp. 108-9.
“Incarnating Christ in India: Pedro Arrupe and Inculturation”, 2007,Vidyajyoti, V. 71, N. 5, May, pp. 352-357.
“TheDialogue of Cultures:: From Paranoia to Metatanoia”, 2007, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42, No. 21, 21 May, pp. 1982-1989.
“Development as Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective”, 2008, Vidyajyoti, V. 72, N. 7, Jul, pp. 502-522. Later in Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India, eds., Gurpreet Mahajan & Surinder S. Jodhka, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, N. Delhi, 2010, pp, 129-150.
“Religious Conversion in a Secular and Pluralist World”, in Cultural Challenges in Christian Mission in the 21st Century”, eds. S.M. Michael and Kuriala Chitattukalam, Media House, Delhi, 2008, pp. 250 – 289.
“Rethinking Conversion: Assessing the Reality, Freeing the Imagination”, Economic and Political Weekly, Editorial, V. 38, N. 42, 18 Oct 2008, pp. 5-6
“Rethinking Conversion: Assessing the Reality, Freeing the Imagination”, Vidyajyoti, Vol. 72, No. 12, Dec 2008, pp.886 – 890.
“Faith or Ideology”, Sensex, Vol. 2, No.1., Jan-Mar 2009, pp. 70-72.
“India: Happy People or Great Power?”, Project, May 2009. No. 310, as “Peuple heureux ou grande puissance?”, pp. 52 – 69.
“Mission as Text in Context: Religious Conversions in Contemporary India”, Vidyajyoti, V. 73, N. 7, July, 2009, pp. 485-502.
“Gandhi’s Hinduism and Savarkar’s Hindutva”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 44, N. 29, 18Jul 2009, pp. 62-67. Reprinted Humanist Outlook, 2009, Vol. 12, No. 5, Autumn.
“Why I am a Christian”, Vidyajyoti, 2009, Oct, V. 73., N. 10, pp. 752-758.
“Society and State”, Infochange Agenda, No. 17, 2009, pp. 35-37.
“Development as Liberation: An Indian Christian Perspective”, Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India, eds., Gurpreet Mahajan & Surinder S. Jodhka, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, N. Delhi, 2010, pp, 129-150. Earlier earlier in Vidyajyoti, V. 72, N. 7, Jul, 2008, pp. 502-522.
“Remembering Togetherness”,2010, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol – XLV No. 06, February 06, book review, Violent Gods: Hindu Nationalism in India’s Present, Narratives from Orissa, by Angana Chatterji, Three Essays, Gurgaon, 2000, pp. xiv + 470, Rs. 800.
“Globalisation and Identity: Multiple Processes, Complex Issues”, 2009, in Perspectives in Social Work, College of Social Work, Mumbai., Vol. 24, No. 3, Dec., pp. 1-30.
“Search for Identity, Quest for Dignity: The Dalits’ Long March” Vidyajyoti V. 74, N. 10, Oct, 2010, pp.744-760.
“Just Ends through Just Means: Justice as Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 46, N. 5, 30 Jan. 2011, pp. 62-67.
“Gandhi’s Interogation”, 2011, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 46 N. 46, Nov 12, pp. 30-32, book review: The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi edited by Judith M Brown and Anthony Parel, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi.
“Indra’s Cunning as a Metaphor for Modernity: The Indic Experiment”, 2011, in eds. Clemens Mendonca & Bernd Jochen Hilberath, Religion and Culture: A Multicultural Discussion, Festschrift in Honour of Francis X. D’Sa, SJ., Institute for the Study of Religion, Pune., pp. 143-168.
“From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Prophetic Witness”, 2012, Report of the 30th CBCI General Body Meeting, Bangalore, Feb 1-8, pp. 108 – 151.
“Dialogue in a Multicultural, Pluri-religious Society: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for a Holisic Approach”, 2012, in Windows on Dialogue, eds., Ambrogio Bongiovani, Leonard Fernando, S.J., Victor Edwin, S.J., Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), Delhi. pp. 1- 32.
“Holding up Half the Sky: Reservations for Women in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2012, V. 47, N. 9, Mar. 3, pp. 51 – 60.
“Ethics in Times of Transition in South Asia”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2012, V. 47, N. 10, 10 Mar., pp. 34-35, book review of Ethics in South Asia, eds., Anand Pandian & Daud Ali, Oxford Univ. Press, N. Delhi.,
“Prophetic Witness for Christians in India Today”, ICOR, Memorial Lecture, 25 Aug 2012.
“Flowing Together, Falling Apart”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2012, V. 47, N. 25, Book Review,
Confluences Book Review, Confluences: Forgotten Histories from East and West, by Ilija Trojanow/Ranjit Hoskote, Yoda Press, N. Delhi, 2012, pp. viii + 215. Rs. 300.
“Renewal and Revival: A New Evangelisation for India”, 2012, in New Evangelisation: Asia Perspectives, ed. Joy Thomas and Victor Sagayam Zacharias (SVDs), St Paul’s Pub, Mumbai. Pp. 117 – 144.
Taking Sides: Reservation Quotas and Minority Rights, Penguin, N. Delhi, Oct 1212.
“Faith, Reason and Fundamentalism: Dialectics and Dilemmas”, Vidyajyoti: Jornal of Theological Reflection, V. 76, N. 12, Dec 2012, pp. 902-919.
“Tribals at the Margins: Inferiorised Identity, Violated Dignity”, 2013, in The Quest for harmony: Christian and Tribal Perspectives, eds., Alphonsus D’Souza, Yangkahao Vashum, Lalrindiki Ralte, North Eastern Social Research Centre, Guwahati, pp. 10-34.
“Hermeneutical Suspicions towards Renewal and Reorientation: Reflections on Christian Education and the Making of Modern India”, Vidyajyoti: Jornal of Theological Reflection, Pt. I, V. 77, No. 5, May, 2013, pp. 325-344. Pt. II, V. 77, No. 6, Jun 2013, pp. 401-422.
“Demythologising Development: Counter-Culture and Transformative Pedagogy”, in Towards a Strong Global Economic System: Revealing the Logic of Gratuitousness in the Market Economy, ed., Saju Chachalackal, Dharmaram Publ, Bangalore, 2013, pp. 203-262.
“A Church That is Poor and for the Poor: Counter-Cultural Solidarities and Transformative Pedagogies for Catholic Faculties in India”, Jnanadeepa:Pune Journal of Religious Studies, July, 2013, pp. 1-44. Reprinted 2013.
“Jesuit Intellectual Apostolate: Passions of the Mind, Compassion of the Heart”, Jivan Oct 2013.
“Modernisation and New Avatars of Caste”, in Towards a Politics of Change: Essays in Memory of Paul Gueriviere, eds, Joseph Marianus Kujur &M.K. George, Indian Social Institute, N. Delhi, 2014, pp. 162-187.
Goa 2011: Reviewing and Recovering Fifty Years, 2014, editors Savio Abreu and Rudolf C Heredia, Concept Publ. N. Delhi. , “Introduction”, pp. xv-xxx, and “Concluding Panel Discussion” (with Rowena Robinson).
“Goa 50 Years after Liberation: Light and Shadows”, Goa 20111, op.cit, pp. 1-8.
“Dharma to Dhamma Ambedkar’s Relevance Today”, Take on Art, 2014, V.4, N.13, pp.86-89.
“Walking with the poor: forty years after Decree four” Promotio Iustitiae, n° 115, 2014/2, Jun 14
“The Church’s Role for a Just Society”, in 2014, eds., Alphonsus D’Souza, O.L. Snaitang, Limatula Longkumer, Golbalisation and Response of the Churches, NERC, Guwahati,, pp 145-156.
“Religious Disarmament: Rethinking Religious Conversion in India”, in ed., Felix Wilfred, The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 2014.
“Winners and Losers: What the results of the Indian Elections 2014 can mean”, Jivan, July, 2014, pp 15-17,
“Ordinary Humans, Extraordinary Inhumanity”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2012, V. 49, N. 48, Nov 29, pp. 27-29. Book Review: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence, by Chitraleka, N. Delhi, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, pp xxi + 326, Rs 795.
“Our Jesuit Charism in Education Today”, 2014 Colours of Immaculate White: St Mary’s School ICSE Sesquicentennial Edition, St. Mary’s 150.
“Gharvapasi: Home is Where the Heart is!” Rediffmail.com, 22 Sept 2014. http://www.rediff.com/news/column/gharvapasi-home-is-where-the-heart-is/20141229.htm
“From Hindusim to Hindutva”, Indian Currents, 22 Sept 2014.
“A Secular State in a Religious Society: The Constitutional Vision and Its Challenge”, Indian Journal of Christian Studies: A Biannual Research Journal, Jan-Dec 2014, V. 4, N 1& 2, pp. 8 – 38.
“Ghar Wapasi: Political Agenda, Religious Garb”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2015, V. 50, N. 3, Jan 17, pp. 17 – 23. Also in Ram Puniyani, ed., Ghat Wapsi. Conversions and Freedom of Religion, Media House, Delhi, pp. 107 – 119.
“Transformation for Our Mission Tomorrow”, Jivan, Mar 2015, pp. 4 – 9.
“Secularism in a Pluri-Religious Society: The Constitutional Vision”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2015, V. 50, N. 14, Apr 4, pp. 51 – 59. Also in Society and Culture in Contemporary India: A Reader, ed., Subas Mohapatra, Social Science Press, Delhi, pp. 357-378.
“Spinning Myths, Confronting Realities: Election 2014 and the Marginalised Minorities”, Social Action, Apr – Jun, V. 65, N. 2., pp. 107 – 127.
“Christian Education and Social History”, A Concise Encyclopaedia of Christianity in India, 2014, Jnana-Deepa, Pune, Vidyapeeth, St Pauls, Mumbai., pp. 92 – 99.
“Hindu Rastra and. Religious Minorities,” Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, V. 79, N. 5, May 2015, pp. :340-363
“Modi’s ‘sabka vikas, sabke saath’ and Sangh Parivar’s Hindu Rashtra cannot coexist”, Scroll.in, 2015, 11 May.
“Understandings of Violence”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2015, V. 50, N. 37, Sept 12, pp. 31- 34, Book Review: The Weight of Violence: Religion and Language, by Saitya Brata Das and Soumyabrata
Choudhury, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2015;
pp xxi + 271, Rs 895.
“India’s ugly nationalism”, http://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/7236/india-s-ugly-nationalism#,Tablet 14 Nov 2015.
“Including the Excluded: A Constitutional Perspestive”, in Inclusive Democracy and Development: Building Space for Minorities, eds Scaria Pannakal and Vasundhara Mohan, Institute of Indian Culture, Mumbai, 2015.
pp. 37 – 57.
“Celebrating Gandhi’s Praxis: A Synthesis of His life and Message”, in eds., Joy Thomas and Li Jialian, Asian Values and Human Future, International Conference 2015, Assam Don Bosco Univ., Hubei Univ. China, Don Bosco Publ., Guwahati.
“Religious Disarmament: Metaphor for Tolerance and Dialogue”, 2016, in ed., Gangeya Mukherji, Learning Non-Violence, OUP, N. Delhi, pp. 66 – 95.
“The Last and the Lost”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2016, Vol. 51, No. 9, 27 Feb. Postscript p. 94.
“Democracy and Violence in India”, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, 23 Apr, V. 51, N. 17, pp. 33-34, Book Review Samir Kumar Das, ed., 2015, India: Democracy and Violence, OUP, Delhi. pp i-viii, 258, Rs 995.
“The Adivasi Other: Ethnicity and Minority Status”, 2016, in First Citizens: Studies on Adivasis, Tribals, and Indegeneous Peoples in India, ed., Meena Radhakrisha, N Delhi, pp. 126-150.
“Democracy and Violence in India”, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, 23 Apr, V. 51, N. 17, pp. 33-34, Book Review Samir Kumar Das, ed., 2015, India: Democracy and Violence, OUP, Delhi. pp i-viii, 258, Rs 995.
“Rehabilitating Riot Victims Welfare Relief or Citizen Rights?”, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, 11 Jun, V.51, N. 24, pp. 26-28, Book Review, Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State: Gujarat since 2002by Sanjeevini Badigar Lokhande; New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2015; pp xii + 215, price not indicated.
“Interrogating the Academy: Renegotiating the Terms of Discourse”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2016, Vol. 51, No. 34, 27 Aug 20, pp. 18 – 21.
“Globalisation and Nationalism religion”, Indian Currents, 2016, 17 Oct, pp. 33-35.
“GC 36 & the Jesuit Response to the Francis Effect”, Jivan, 2016, Nov-Dec. pp. 17-119,
“Spiritual Exercises and Need for a New Hermeneutic”, 2016, Ignis, Dec, V.. 47, N. 4, pp. 45-66.
“Secularism and Nation building in a Multi-Religious Society”, in Secularism in India: Concept and Practice, eds, Uday Metha and Ram Punyiani, 2017, pp. 145-167, Kalpaz Publ., Delhi. (Published earlier, see above)
“Dialogue as Pedagogy: Learning together with the Other”. 2016, Journal of the Henry Martyn Institute, V. 35, N. Jul-Dec. pp. 41- 67. Aso in Vidyajyoti, Jul 2017, see below
“Religious Nationalism and Globalisation: Eroded Identities, Displaced Elites”, 2017, Social Action, V. 67, N. 3, Apr-Jun, pp, 107 – 119.
“Secularism in a Pluri-Religious Society: The Constitutional Vision”, in Society and Culture in Contemporary India: A Reader, ed., Subas Mohapatra, 2017, Social Science Press, Delhi, pp. 357-378. Earlier in Economic and Political Weekly, 2015, V. 50, N. 14, Apr 4, pp. 51 – 59.
“The Spring Tide of Saffron Power”, Jivan, May-Jun, 2017, pp. 4 – 9.
“Gandhi; Turning the Search Light Inwards”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 34, 20 May, pp.33-35, Book Review, Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action, by Dennis Dalton; New York: Columbia University Press,2012; pp xxiv + 311, $27.5 (paperback).
“The Idea of India in an Age of Extremes”, 2017, Jun, Indian Currents, 19 June 2017 Vol. No. XXIX, Issue No. 25, pp. 21-23
“Dialogue as Pedagogy: Learning together with the Other”, 2017, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, (Jul., Vol. 81, No. 7, pp. 486- 507).
“Walking into the Future”, 2017, Jul, Jivan, Back cover,
“l’Ondata del Potere Color Zafferano: La democrazia in India e il nazionalismo hindu” La Civiltà Cattolica (5-19, August, 2017), pp. 278-86) “Contesting Hindu Rastra” English trans.: Sept 17, “The Spring Tide of Saffron Power: Democracy in India and Hindu nationalism”
“Paradox of Indian Secularism Religions in Society in Asia”, 2017, In Religions in Society in Asia, Oct, pp 142-177
“Theorising a Social Movement A Note on Lok Manch”, Jivan, 2017, Sept, 8-13
“Christian Praxis For An Inclusive Social Movement”, Indian Currents, Oct 2017. “Christian Praxis For
16 Oct 2017 Vol. No. XXIX, Issue No. 42, pp. 42-44
“Dialogue as Pedagogy: Learning Together with the Other in the Asian Context”, 2017, Economic & Political Weekly, 7 Oct, 2017, V 52, no 40, pp 65-72.
“Pluralism and the Pedagogy of Tolerance”, 2017, Oct 10, New Liam, http://thenewleam.com/2017/10/pluralism-pedagogy-tolerance/
“Discerning Together: Levels of Engagement”, Jivan, Feb, 2018. pp. 16-17.
Can India’s Patriotism Be Built on Accepting Differences?, 2018, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue No. 29, 21 Jul, 2018
“The Dance of Democracy: Election 2014 and the marginalised and minorities, 2018, inRise of Saffron Power: Reflections on Indian Politics, Edited byMujibur Rehman, Routledge India, pp. 191-214.
“Jesuit Contribution to Nation-Building in India: Challenging the Jesuit Imagination”, 2018, La Civita Catholica, 10 Apr.,
https://laciviltacattolica.com/jesuit-contribution-nation-building-in-india/
“Challenging the Jesuit Imagination”, in Jesuit Contribution to Nation-Building in South Asia from the Nineteenth Century till Today, pp. 1-34. 2018, 2018, ed, Leo Fernando.
“Triple Religions and Cultures, eds, Kuruvilla Pandikttu,SJ, Thomas Karimundackal, 2018, Jnana-Deep Vidyapeet ,Pune, hristian Delhi., pp. 3-25.Dialogue as a Pedagogy for Asia: Learning Together with the Other”, in Melodies from the Flute: Dialogue among Religions and Culyures
“Celebrating the Organic Intellectual” 2018, in Ashis Nandy: A Life in Dissent, eds., Vajpeyi Ananya, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Oxford Uni Press, pp. 98-110.Oxford University Press World I
“Can India’s Patriotism Be Built on Accepting Differences”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue No. 29, 21 Jul, 2018, Engage,2018,https://www.epw.in/engage/article/india-patriotism-built-differences
“Nationalism in Its Many Avatars”, 2018, Fundamentalism in Religious, eds., P.R. John, John B. Mundu, Joseph Lobo, Jesuits in Religious Studies (JERES), Delhi. pp. 30-71.
“Politicising Religion, Religionising Politics: Sutras to discern their domains”, 2018.Jivan, Sept.
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