John Kusumalayam

Education

- Masters in Indian Philosophy & Religion - June 1992 from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
- Licentiate in Moral Theology - June, 1994, from Academia Alfonsiana (Lateran University), Rome, Italy
- Ph. D (STD) in Moral Theology - March 2006, from Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
- Diploma in Formation & Counselling – June 2007, from the Institute of St. Anselm, Kent, U.K.

Professional Background

- A member of the Indian Province of the Friars of the Order of Preachers.

- Was Prior Provincial of the Province of India of the Friars of the O.P. – from Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2016
- Has served at St. Charles’ Seminary, Nagpur, India: as a staff member, Dean of the Department of Theology and Philosophy, and Vice-Rector.
- Has been engaged in teaching in various Seminaries and formation houses of the religious, and in preaching ministry to the priests, religious and laity.

Selected Publications

-Human Rights. Individual Or/and Group Rights? An Attempt towards a Holistic Understanding of Human Rights Based on the Christian Concept of the Human Persoan as the Imago Trinitatis.  St. Paul’s, Mumbai, 2008.
-Ethics of Evangelization: Bartolomé de Las Casas, in Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, 68 (2004) 43-55.
-Family and its Foundation: A Christian Vision, in Christianity (Encyclopedia of Indian Religions), edited by John Chathanatt, Springer, 2023, at 26a John Kusum-Family and its Foundation-A Christian vision.pdf

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