HoD: Dr. Rajesh Kavalackal, CMI

Email: rajeshcmi@gmail.com

 

Vision: The Church is ever revitalized and reformed through the firm faith nurtured by a mature. Understanding of the Word of God as revealed and proclaimed for the salvation in the human context.

Objectives: To promote systematic, critical and contextualized theological reflection through research and studies for effective proclamation of the Word of God in globalized society, especially in the Asian and Indian contexts.

• To train personnel in the on-going quest for effective leadership and guidance in the Church in her various ministries.
• To prepare personnel for teaching theology in seminaries, theological institutes, Church-renewal centres, and other areas of teaching and shepherding ministry in the Church.
• Enabling and enhancing the upcoming generations for pastoral and teaching ministries by a contextualized, comprehensive and contemporary synthesis of various theological disciplines.

Principal Courses

• Eastern Orientations and Perspectives (General Course)    
• History of Theology: Second Vatican and Post conciliar Theological development (General Course)
• The Trinity and Mission                     
• Challenges and Prospects of Evangelization in India    
• Problems and Prospects of Indian Ecclesiology        
• Trends and Prospects in Pneumatology            
• Cotemporary Trends and Prospects in Christology    
• Art and Theology                     
• FABC Document and Church in Asia            
• Anthroplogical Perspective of Gaudiumetspes    
• Christian Revelation and Global Religion        
• Theology of Inter religious dialogue        
• Mariology                    
• New Trends in Ecumenism
• Alexandrian and Anthiochean Christology
• New Perspectives in the Doctrine of Trinity        
• New Horizons in Sacramental Theology            
• Contextual Theology                    
• Modern Trends in the Eucharistic Theology        

 

PROGRAMME 2019-2020
LICENTIATE IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY FIRST SEMESTER
Biblical Greek	Sebastian Mullooparambil
Latin	Sebastian Payyappilly
Methodology	Geo Pallikunnel
Eastern Theology	Thomas Kollamparampil
Mariology	Jose Kizhakkekuttu
Theology of Inter-religious Dialogue	Shinto Puthumattathil
New Trinitarian Perspectives	Devasiachan Mukulathu
Contemporary Trends in Ecumenism	Kuncheria Pathil
Eucharistic Theology	Issac Arickappilly
LICENTIATE IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY SECOND SEMESTER
History of Theology	Shaji George Kochuthara
Dalit Theology	Alankaram
Revelation and Faith and Religions	Mathew  Vekathananm
Antiochean Christology	Sebastian Athappilly

 

 Other Requirements

First Year

• Two Tutorials
• Seminar
• Research Paper
• Research Sources and Methodology

 

• Introduction to Library
• Ancient Hebrew
• Ancient Syriac (Optional)

Second Year

• Seminar
• LTh Thesis & Defense
• Comprehensive Viva Voce Examination