Rev. Dr. S. Santhosh Kumar is a Presbyter
of the Church of South India and Professor of Liturgy
and Music in the Department of Christian
Ministry in the United Theological College. He did his M Th in Liturgy and Music from the Asian Institute for Liturgy and
Music, Manila and Doctor of Theology from the Melbourne College
of Divinity, Australia.
He published two books last year
1. “ Modes of Indian Classical Music for the
Moods of Christian Worship, exploring the Raga-Rasa Theory of Indian Classical
Music” (March 2012)2. “A Guide to Inclusive Language” (June 2012)
He presented three papers in ECC. They are
1.
Christian worship and wider
ecumenism.
2.
Towards the development of an inclusive Eucharistic liturgy of Church of South India.
3.
Liturgy and Music as tools of
peace and reconciliation in a religiously pluralistic context.
Classes in UTC in 2012:
1.
Introduction to worship and
Liturgy – BD II
2.
Introduction to Christian
education – BD II
3.
Liturgical text and Musical
Composition – BD III
4.
Christian Education and Social
Changes – BD IV
5.
Basic Musicianship – BD IV
6.
Leadership and Pastoral
Administration – BD IV
7.
Institution of Christian engage
– MTh II
8.
Outline of Christian worship –
MTh II
9.
ID- 1, MTh ID coordinator
Music Class:
He takes music classes for those college
students interested in classical music. This is on every
Tuesday and Thursday 4.15-6.30 pm.
Upcoming Projects
- His next book is almost finished and it will be published most
probably in April. The title of the book is “Towards developing in-culturated liturgies for the Churches in India.”
- He has an invitation from Melbourne College of Divinity where he has
studied, to do a research on “Christian
Worship: A Channel of Religious Harmony and Peace.”
- He has a plan to write a book on the topic of “History of Christian worship.” This book is for BD students and
BTESSC has agreed to publish the work.
- He has a paper presentation at Weusburg Germany on September 2013 on the
topic “Societias Liturgica”
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1 comment:
Cherished his classes and I admire him as a person
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