Regunta Yesurathnam (16 October 1941 – 8 August 2011)

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, ''Minutes of the Eighty-sixth meeting of the

held on 9 and 10 February 2012 at the New Theological College,

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/ref> was a

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hailing from the

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, headquartered in

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, notable as a

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Charles E. Van Engen, ''Five Perspectives of Contextually Appropriate Missional Theology'' in Charles H. Kraft (Edited), ''Appropriate Christianity'', William Carey Library, Pasadena, 2005, p.19

/ref> who served as a faculty member from 1974 through 2001 of the

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, affiliated to the

, in

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, India,. Yesurathnam has been acknowledged for his contribution to the disciplines of dialogical theology and

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. As a pupil of another CSI systematic theologian,

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, under whom he was groomed in the 1960s, Yesurathnam established himself as a scholar and during the subsequent decade, as evidenced by his interest in dialogical theology, Yesurathnam seemed to have been influenced by the religious scholars Stanley Jedidiah Samartha of the

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(CSI), Herbert Jai Singh of the

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(MCI) and David C. Scott, also of the MCI. During the initial years of his doctoral research in the 1970s, it was

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, CNI (the proponent of Dalit theology) who supervised and enabled Yesurathnam to push through his doctoral studies.

Contribution

Dialogical theology

In a work about Dialogical Theology, with special reference to the activities of the

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and its unit on Dialogue, Professor Jutta Sperber, of the

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, Germany, has quoted the work of Yesurathnam on the Christian-

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dialogue. Similarly, Sonia CalzaSonia Calza, ''La contemplazione: via privilegiata al dialogo cristiano-induista : Sulle orme di J. Monchanin, H. Le Saux, R. Panikkar e B. Griffiths'', Pauline, Milan, 2001, p.35

/ref> while researching on interfaith dialogue with reference to

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and Christianity, referred to Yesurathnam's work on Dialogical Theology while writing about the contribution of Henri Le Saux.

Comparative religion

Yesurathnam, also wrote on the work on the concept of Avatara, which has been cited by other scholars. Bob RobinsonBob Robinson, ''Christians Meeting Hindus: An Analysis and Theological Critique of the Hindu-Christian Encounter in India'', Regnum,

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, 2004, p.27

/ref> noted this work with special emphasis on the relationship to

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and Steven Tsoukalas quoted Yesurathnam's work on the forms of Avatara.

Contextualization

Inter-disciplinary writings by Yesurathnam have struck new ground in

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as espoused by Swamy Amalorananda and the

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Scholar

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, STBC (2007)S. Joseph, ''Adaptation of the Gospel Tradition in Luke'', ISPCK, 2007
had made a sustained research exploring possibilities for the

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to adapt itself to the multi-religious ethos of India. Earlier proponents who experimented with

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, emphasizing on the presentation of

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adapting to the

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, were

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, SJ, E. Stanley Jones, MCI, and B. V. Subbamma, AELC, who together were known for their contribution to the Christian Ashram Movement in India. Yesurathnam's definition of

has been acknowledged by scholars as a resourceful addition. Charles E. Van Engen and Akintunde E. Akinade refer to the word ''contextualization'' as defined by Yesurathnam.

Renewal of the Church

Yesurathnam cautioned the Church against falling into traditionalism. During the Golden Jubilee of the founding of the

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, the CSI held in

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in 1997, Yesurathnam spoke on the ills befalling the Church in India, Echoing the apprehensions by Yesurathnam, Stanley Jedidiah Samartha who was also present at the Jubilee in

, pointed out that one must first introspect before raising cudgels against the

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and believed that one failed to notice the gradual transformation of the

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into such a system. Yesurathnam, in an introduction to the book ''Jesus' Tears!'' by Elizabeth Thelma Johnson (2007), has highlighted the work of a

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and appreciated their contribution towards the

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Studies

From his youth, Yesurathnam was inspired by the work of the

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and

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s in Telangana. He entered the ministry of the

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through the Diocese of Medak, becoming a ministerial candidate during the bishopric of

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, the first Bishop-in-Medak. He studied at a

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for spiritual formation and was ordained in 1967 by

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Eber Priestley, the then Bishop-in-Medak.

Graduate

After initial schooling at the mission schools founded by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (WMMS) in Telangana, Yesurathnam decided to take up priesthood. Bishops

and Eber Priestley, successively, became his Spiritual Confessors and led him to take up spiritual studies at the

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during 1963–1967. He was awarded a

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degree.

Postgraduate

In 1969, Yesurathnam was recalled from parish work and sent to the Protestant Regional Theologiate in

for further spiritual studies that lasted until 1972 and resulted in the award of a

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degree after research under

of the CSI.

Doctoral

After a five-year teaching ministry that began in 1974 at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad, Yesurathnam qualified to undertake doctoral level research in 1978 and was granted a five-year study leave.R. Yesurathnam, ''Religious Pluralism: Some Implications for the Mission of the Church'' in

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(Edited), ''The Church on the Move: A Quest to Affirm the Biblical Faith'', Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 198

/ref> Yesurathnam's Bishop during that period, B. G. Prasada Rao, made efforts to ensure that Yesurathnam was able to join his ''

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'', the United Theological College, Bangalore, where he was able to take up research in the discipline of systematic theology under the guidance of Arvind P. Nirmal, CNI. Yesurathnam also came under the tutelage of Stanley Jedidiah Samartha, a leading authority on Dialogical Theology.Hans Schwarz, ''Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years'', William B. Eerdmans,

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, 2005. pp.523-526

/ref> During the research period between 1978 and 1982, Yesurathnam was also sent to the

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, England, in 1979 for a two-year research exposure through the efforts of Gordon Shaw who ensured his overseas travel and stay in England at Kingsmead College under the

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, where he was supervised by Walter Jacob Hollenweger, a leading authority on

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. By 1981, Yesurathnam returned to the United Theological College and began shaping his doctoral dissertation under the guidance of David C. Scott and by 1982, he rejoined the Andhra Christian Theological College, which by then was being led by the

scholar, K. David, CBCNC and took up his teaching role in systematic theology, but was able to submit his doctoral thesis to the university through his supervisor at the United Theological College and finally in 1987, much before nearing a decade of registering with the university, it awarded the degree of

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.Senate of Serampore College, ''List of the Recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Theology''.

Though Yesurathnam sought permission from the Senate of Serampore College to publish his doctoral work nearly two decades later, in 2006. His thesis was already being referred by research scholars on works relating to the contribution of Swami Abhishiktananda.

Ministry

Pastoral ministry

Yesurathnam was ordained in 1967 by Priestley, then Bishop-in-Medak, and was assigned ministerial functions in the parishes falling under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak and served in

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and other towns shepherding congregations for nearly a decade until he was recalled in 1974 by then Bishop, H. D. L. Abraham, and reassigned the role of a Spiritual Formator. In 1992, when

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vacated the bishopric of Medak on attaining superannuation, the ensuing

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was contested among whom Yesurathnam stood in the fray for the vacant bishopric, which was overseen by Ryder Devapriam, then Moderator of the

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and a former colleague of Yesurathnam at the Protestant Regional Theologiate. However, the sudden death of Devapriam on 4 September 1992Diocese of Nandyal
while in

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turned the tides for those in fray, resulting in the appointment and subsequent consecration of B. P. Sugandhar.

Teaching

The Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC) relocated from

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to Secunderabad. Yesurathnam was invited to join the college in 1974, during the Principalship of

.William Gordon Carder, ''On theological education in

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of the

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1880-1975'' in ''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, Issue 1, 1979, pp.70-8

/ref> In 1993 he was appointed guest professor at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel in Germany,Matthias Freudenberg, ''Anniversary letter to Jürgen Fangmeier'', 2011, p.

/ref> where he taught until 1994. He then returned to ACTC and was appointed principal under the institution's policy of rotating that office between the various constituent churches in four-year cycles. Yesurathnam took a year's sabbatical leave in 1998 to the Overseas Ministries Study Center,

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, to continue his research pursuitsR. Yesurathnam, ''Book Review: Relevant Patterns of Christian Witness in India: People as Agents of Mission'',

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, Volume 25, Issue 88, 2001. and rejoined the Theologiate in Secunderabad to teach for two more years until 2001.

Missionary service

When the

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(CWM) sought missionaries from the CSI, Yesurathnam moved to the

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, where he began his sojourn in the

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and served as a theological educator for nearly a decade

Annual Review 2009'', ''Missionaries serving with CWM, 2009, pp. 18, 2

/ref> until his death on 8 August 2011 at the

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Writings

Yesurathnam's works are available in nearly 35

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s, comprising seminaries,

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and research academies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

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search on "Regunta Yesurathnam

/ref> *1972, ''

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's concept of man and its relevance for a Christian interpretation of man in India'' *1987, ''The adequacy of the concept of Avatara for expounding the Christian doctrine of incarnation'' *1987, ''The Mythic Symbol Avatara in Indian Conceptual Formulations'' *1988, ''Religious Pluralism: Some Implications for the Mission of the Church'' *1990, ''Abhishiktānanda : An Indian Christian Theologian with a difference'' *1993, ''Contours of the emerging Indian Church: Problems and Possibilities'' *1998, ''Liberation from Jubilee Perspective'' *1999, ''Can the Clergy make it ?'' *1999, ''Book Review: Mission Today, Challenges and Responses'' *2000, ''Contextualizing in Mission'' *2001, ''Book Review: Relevant Patterns of Christian Witness in India: People as Agents of Mission'' *2001, ''Channels of Peace: A Theological Perspective'' *2003, ''The Cross of Christ as the Anchor of Hope in Suffering'' *2006, ''A Christian Dialogical Theology: The Contribution of Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux)''