Monday, May 7, 2018, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT
"Contemporary challenges to Christianity in India"
Dr. Thangaraj tells us that he plans to address four questions with regard to Christianity in India, the country of his birth and upbringing (as a Christian) where he has returned to reside much of each year since his retirement from Emory in 2008.
1) Is Christianity in India purely a product of Western colonial enterprise? 2) Is Indian Christianity predominantly governed by "membership drive" or "religious conversion efforts" as Hindu nationalists in India would like to portray? 3) How do we understand the various incidents of Hindu-Christian conflicts in various parts of India? 4) As an Indian Christian theologian, how do I envision possibilities for the future?