Professorial lecture of Dr. George Zachariah

The professorial lecture of Dr. George Zachariah will be be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at the Tagore Hall, UTC at 4:30 P.M. Dr. George Zachariah will lecture on the topic "The Vocation of Theological Education In the Context of Fascism and Conformism". Dr. Gladson Jathanna will respond to the lecture and Rev. Dr. Allan Palanna will moderate the session. Tea and snacks will be served at 4:15 P.M. All are welcome.

Professorial lecture of Rev. Dr. R. Sahayadhas

The Rev. Dr. R. Sahayadhas delivered his professorial lecture titled "A Theologians Wrestling with Anger and its Trajectories in shaping theology" in UTC yesterday at 4:30 P.M. in the Tagore Hall. The lecture was chaired by the Dean of the Masters Division, Rev. Dr. K. Jesurathnam and introductory remarks were made by the dean of the Doctoral Division, Dr. Nalini Arles. Dr. Sahadhas started by thanking his teachers Dr. O.V. Jathanna, Dr Sathianathan Clarke, Dr. Jayakiran Sebastian, Dr. Christopher Doraisingh, his faculty colleagues, principal, all UTC staff and wife Usha and son Benil.

Dr. Sahayadhas in his lecture talked about the role of anger in our lives and tried to bring out the theology of anger and how it can be channelised to be used by all communities who face oppression. He introduced the participants in the lecture to how anger was seen over the centuries. He looked at anger from the perspective of church fathers, Martin Luther and Buddha.

He then tried to contextualize it by talking of the experience of the Arunthathiyars. He spoke of how they are angry at being oppressed and relegated to the sidelines. But this anger according to Dr. Sahayadhas has taken a good direction and has become the anger of hope rather than the anger of despair. He reminded those present that theology is very ritualistic in India and we have to come out of this.

 Those present congratulated Dr. Sahayadhas and his family.

Rev. Dr. R. Sahayadhas, his wife Usha and their son Benil

Professorial lecture of Rev. Dr. David Joy

                                                           Dr. David Joy

The professorial lecture of Rev. Dr. David Joy, Department of New Testament, UTC, was held on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 5:00 P.M. in the Tagore hall of the United Theological College, Bangalore. Dr. Evangeline Anderson Rajkumar, the dean of Doctoral Studies, UTC, chaired the session and Dr. Jesuratnam, dean of Masters Studies, UTC, introduced Dr. David Joy and read out his publications and accomplishments over a period of twenty years. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom said the opening prayer and Dr. Nalini Arles welcomed Dr. Joy with flowers.

                                                       Dr. Evangeline Anderson Rajkumar

                                                            Dr. Jesuratnam

                                                    Dr. Jones Muthunayagom

Dr. David Joy presented a paper on “Remapping the Milieu of the New Testament through Intertextual Reading.” The paper evoked interest because it took listeners into the world of intertextual reading. Dr. Joy is in the process of widening the scope of his thoughts on intertextual reading for further publication.

                                                 Dr. David Joy and Dr. Nalini Arles

Both students and faculty from the UTC along with guests were present for the lecture. Dr. David Joy’s wife Mrs. Sherin Joy, a teacher herself and their sons, Ashwin and Anbin were also present. Dr. David Joy thanked his family, mentors, colleagues, friends, church members and everyone he has been associated with during his career thus far. Dr. Muthuraj closed the session with prayer.  

                                                         Dr. Muthuraj