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Christian Inculturation in India

Christian Inculturation in India 278 Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 7 (2011) 265–290 Paul M. Collins, Christian Inculturation in India (Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007) 252 pp. £50.00. ISBN 978-0-7546-6076-7(hbk). I was one of the two initiators of the link between Queen’s College Birming- ham, and the Tamilnadu Th eological Seminary (TTS), in Madurai, South India. Th is has involved exchanges of students and faculty for over 20 years, and many have seen their ministry and theology opened in fresh directions. Th is has often involved personal renewal, and a new sense of global mission, with implications for the local context. Th is book is the result of a particularly fruitful such example. Paul Collins’ engagement with South India began only in 2000, with a sabbatical at TTS, when he was teaching at Queen’s. Several more visits have followed, now made from his base with the University of Chichester, and we can see here how a liturgy and doctrine teacher within the British context has found a vocation in interpreting questions of incul- turation as experienced in India, to a wider audience. Th e pity is that the book’s cost will limit how wide that audience will be. Th e book is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

Christian Inculturation in India

Ecclesiology , Volume 7 (2): 278 – Jan 1, 2011

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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1744-1366
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1745-5316
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278 Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 7 (2011) 265–290 Paul M. Collins, Christian Inculturation in India (Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007) 252 pp. £50.00. ISBN 978-0-7546-6076-7(hbk). I was one of the two initiators of the link between Queen’s College Birming- ham, and the Tamilnadu Th eological Seminary (TTS), in Madurai, South India. Th is has involved exchanges of students and faculty for over 20 years, and many have seen their ministry and theology opened in fresh directions. Th is has often involved personal renewal, and a new sense of global mission, with implications for the local context. Th is book is the result of a particularly fruitful such example. Paul Collins’ engagement with South India began only in 2000, with a sabbatical at TTS, when he was teaching at Queen’s. Several more visits have followed, now made from his base with the University of Chichester, and we can see here how a liturgy and doctrine teacher within the British context has found a vocation in interpreting questions of incul- turation as experienced in India, to a wider audience. Th e pity is that the book’s cost will limit how wide that audience will be. Th e book is

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