Thinking with and for the church and nation: The future of theology—Festschrift in honour of Fr George Pattery, SJ

Thinking with and for the Church and Nation: The Future of Theology Festschrift in Honour of Fr George Pattery, SJ Editors Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJRichard Lopes SJ General Introduction Part I George Pattery: Life, Legacy, and Ecclesial Imagination 1. George Pattery, S.J.: A Biographical Exploration Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ 2. George Pattery’s Intellectual and Spiritual Growth: Interconnectedness, Relatedness, and Experience-Based Living as the “Tango” of His Life Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ 3. Sentire Cum Ecclesia: Thinking with the Church Critically and Creatively as the Vocation of Prof. George Pattery SJ James B. Dabhi SJ 4. The Magnifica in Magnifica Humanitas Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ Part II The Future of Theology: Relational, Cosmic, Mystical, Scriptural, and Wisdom Horizons 5. Dvaitādvaita Vedāntic “Indivisible Difference and Non-Difference” as the Ground for Interconnectedness, Relationality, and Trinitarian Imagination Raju Felix Crasta 6. Grounded and Rooted in Context: A Deep-Time Mythopoetic Approach Orla Hazra 7. Future Trajectory of Theology: Recovering Humanity’s Supernatural Vocation Punam Rai 8. Mystical Experience: The Core of Spirituality and Religion—A Panikkarian View Varghese Manimala 9. A Brief Discourse on the More Annie Kunnath 10. Creativity and Wisdom: Beyond Calculations and Alienations to the Truth of Life Paul Thelakkat 11. The “Incognito” Messiah in Matthew 25:31–46: Recognition, Judgment, and Eschatological Reversal in the First Gospel Naveen Rebello SVD Part III Indian and Intercultural Spiritualities: Maryam, Bhakti, Dharma, and Women’s Mysticism 12. Maryam as Locus Dei: The Womb as a Sacred Frontier for Christian–Muslim Intercultural Theology Midhun J. Francis Kochukallanvilaveed SJ 13. Śrī Āṇḍāl and St Teresa of Avila: An Interreligious Approach to Women’s Spirituality Jagadeeswaraiah Murala SJ 14. Wine of Love and the Dark One: Conjugal Imagery in the Song of Songs and the Bhakti Devotion of Mīrābāī to Kṛṣṇa Peter Ignatius SJ 15. Arjuna’s Decision-Making: A Paradigm for Dharma Richard Lopes SJ Part IV Church, Nation, and the Common Good: Law, Economy, and Public Ethics 16. Law, Conscience, and the Common Good: Rethinking Justice in a Plural Democracy Rama Shankar Tiwari and Venilla Naidu 17. From Artha to Lokasaṅgraha: Investing, Wealth, and the Common Good R. Shravan Kumar This new part functions as a bridge between the volume’s spiritual and theological reflections and its treatment of the Church’s public, institutional, and social responsibilities. Part V Church, Catholicity, Context, and Theological Method 18. Enlarging Her Tent: Inclusion in the Life of the Church Lancy Monteiro SJ 19. Theology from the Margins: An Indian Perspective Herman Tirkey SJ 20. Negotiated Catholicity: Between Rome and Locality in the Syro-Malabar Church Dias Mario Antony and Theres Jois Pattery 21. The Church, Synodality and the People of God: Towards a Synodal Church in a Plural Democracy Sylvie Rodrigues BS 22. Social Science and Theology Dolichan Kollareth SJ 23. Lonergan’s Functional Specialisations Implemented in Research Groups as a Heuristic Approach to the Information Explosion Nirmal Savio Paul Part V The Spark and the Steady Flame: Experiences of George Pattery കുഞ്ഞേട്ടൻJois Pattery Fr George Pattery, S.J.: An Elder Brother, Companion, and MentorHenry Pattarumadathil SJ My Best Professor: A Gandhian Guide of My LifeKakali Gupta The Prophetic Voice That Pattery IsM. K. George SJ Recall of Our Personal Encounter with Fr George PatteryMonika Golembiewski, with Nico and Silvia Part VI Messages of Appreciation and Blessing 1. Very Rev. Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJSuperior General of the Society of Jesus 2. His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal FerrãoArchbishop of Goa and Daman 3. His Beatitude Mar Raphael ThattilMajor Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church 4. Most Rev. Dr Peter MachadoMetropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore 5. Most Rev. Dr Vincent AindMetropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi 6. Most Rev. Anil Joseph Thomas CoutoArchbishop of Delhi 7. Very Rev. Dr Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza, SJPresident, Jesuit Conference of South Asia 8. Very Rev. Fr James Arjen Tete, SJProvincial Superior, Calcutta Jesuit Province 9. Rev. Prof. Dr Dolichan Kollareth, SJPresident, Pontifical Athenaeum Jnana Deepa, Pune