Abraham K. Thampy

Abraham Kurian Thampy (* in the 20th century ) is an Indian lawyer , member of the Mar Thoma Church and was Vice President of the Christian Peace Conference (CFK).

Thampy grew up in Madras . He completed a law degree and has worked as a lawyer ever since. Through his active membership in the Mar Thoma Church, he became aware of the Christian Peace Conference and has participated in its All-Christian Peace Assemblies since 1961 . From 1971 until the end of the International CFK in 1990 he was one of its vice-presidents. In 1978 he became one of their four honorary presidents and was perceived as the voice of India's Christian minority.

When the first CFK President Josef Hromádka died in 1969, Thampy was one of the speakers at the funeral service.

On June 24, 1978, the Protestant theological faculty of Charles University in Prague awarded him the title of honorary doctor .

publication

India. The state of emergency and the 20-point program (= Junge Kirche. Vol. 12), December 1975.

literature

Gerhard Besier , Armin Boyens , Gerhard Lindemann : National Protestantism and Ecumenical Movement. Church action in the Cold War (1945–1990) (= contemporary historical research. Volume 3). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3428100328 and ISBN 9783428100323 .
Reports of the All-Christian Peace Assemblies I – VI .
Carl Order : Peace - Promise and Order. On the 30th anniversary of the Christian Peace Conference. Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-372-00156-7 .

Individual evidence

^ Roland Gerhardson: Christians and Communists. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Cologne 1966, pp. 30, 31, 43 ( search for “Thampy, Abraham K.” ).
^ Gerhard Besier, Armin Boyens, Gerhard Lindemann: National Protestantism and ecumenical movement. Church action in the Cold War (1945–1990). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, p. 786 ( search for “Abraham K. Thampy” ).
↑ Information page with all honorary doctors of the faculty.

personal data
SURNAME	Thampy, Abraham K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thampy, Abraham Kurian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian lawyer and Vice President of the Christian Peace Conference
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Roland Gerhardson: Christians and Communists. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Cologne 1966, pp. 30, 31, 43 ( search for “Thampy, Abraham K.” ).

[2] Gerhard Besier, Armin Boyens, Gerhard Lindemann: National Protestantism and ecumenical movement. Church action in the Cold War (1945–1990). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, p. 786 ( search for “Abraham K. Thampy” ).

[3] Information page with all honorary doctors of the faculty.