Jose Nandhikkara CMI (born 16 February 1964) is a professor of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram and Christ University, both in Bangalore, India.Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram website, ''Philosophy Faculty'', retrieved 2024-03-05
/ref> He is the author of several books, including ''Environmental Interface: Literature, Law, Science, Philosophy'' and ''Ethical Interface: Literature,

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

Religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

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Birth and education

Jose Nandhikkara was born on 16 February 1964. He joined the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) of the Devamatha province in Thrissur. He earned a Bachelor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

(1986) and a Bachelor of

Theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

in 1993, both from Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bengaluru.

Career and post-graduate study

On 1 January 1994, he was ordained a priest in the Syro-Malabar Church. He then pursued a Licentiate in Systematic

at Gregorian University, Rome, Italy and graduated in 1997. His Licentiate thesis was titled "Natural Religion according to J. H. Newman". In 1999, he completed an MA in Philosophy and Theology at Oxford University, UK. with thesis title was "Religion according to Ludwig Wittgenstein". He earned a PhD in

at Warwick University, UK, in 2004; his dissertation was titled "Being Human from a Religious Point of View after Wittgenstein." Nandhikkara is a Fellow at the International Dialogue Centre – KAICIID and is Chief Editor of the Journal of Dharma. St Francis Xavier website, ''Journal of Dharma'', retrieved 2024-03-05
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Publications

*Being Human after Wittgenstein: A Philosophical Anthropology (2011) *Ethical Interface: Literature, Economics, Politics, Religion (2014) *Environmental Interface: Literature, Law, Science, Philosophy (2015) *Religious Interface: Secular, Sacred, Rationality (2016) *Nurturing Dialogue: Perspectives and Projects (2017) *Feminine Genius: Perspectives and Projects (2017) *Exploring Identity and Alterity: Perspectives and Projects (2020).

References

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