Francis Xavier D'Sa
Francis Xavier D'Sa SJ (born November 29, 1936 in Gokak Falls, Belgaum District , British India ) is an Indian Jesuit and university teacher.
Life
Francis Xavier D'Sa comes from a Christian family in Goa for centuries . At the age of 17 he entered the Jesuit order in Bombay . He studied philosophy in Pune , then theology in Innsbruck . In 1967 he was ordained a priest. This was followed by a doctoral degree in Indology with Gerhard Oberhammer at the University of Vienna .
In 1973 he returned to India and founded the Institute for the Study of Religion at the Pontifical College Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth in Pune, an institution for the study of Hindu traditions and the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue.
In addition to his teaching and research activities in Pune, Francis D'Sa repeatedly held teaching assignments in Innsbruck and Frankfurt, in Friborg, Salzburg, Tübingen and Würzburg.
From 2003 to 2008 he was a professor at the endowed chair for missiology and dialogue of religions at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .
On December 1, 2016, he and Gregory Baum received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . They were honored for their perseverance in promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue .
Works
- Śabdaprāmāṇyam in Śabara and Kumārila: towards a study of the Mīmāmsā experience of language. Suffering: brill; Vienna: Gerold; Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 1980 ISBN 978-3-900271-07-7 (= Publications of the De Nobili Research Library 7)
- God, the Three One and the All-Whole: Foreword to the encounter between Christianity and Hinduism. Düsseldorf: Patmos-Verlag 1987 ISBN 978-3-491-77682-1 (= theology intercultural 2)
- Rainbow of Revelation: the Universe of Faith and the Pluriverse of Confessions. Frankfurt, M .; London: IKO - Publishing House for Intercultural Communication ISBN 978-3-88939-799-7 (= Theologie interkulturell 16)
- with Jürgen Lohmayer: Salvation and Liberation in Africa: the churches face the missionary challenge posed by HIV and AIDS. Würzburg: Echter 2007 ISBN 978-3-429-02947-0 (= Mission Studies and Dialogue of Religions 3)
- with Jürgen Lohmayer: Tsunami: a sign of the times; People and nature in the dialogue of religions. Würzburg: Echter 2009 ISBN 978-3-429-02994-4 (= Mission Studies and Dialogue of Religions 4)
Festschriften
- Thomas Schreijäck , Siegfried Wiedenhofer (ed.): Mission - a dialogue: Francis X. D'Sa in honor. Vienna; Zurich; Berlin; Münster: Lit 2008 ISBN 978-3-8258-1037-5 (= Theology 25)
- Bernd Jochen Hilberath / Clemens Mendonca (eds.): Encounter instead of import: on the relationship between religion and culture; Commemorative publication for the 75th birthday of Francis X. D'Sa. Ostfildern: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag 2011 ISBN 978-3-7867-2897-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data from Father Francis D'Sa SJ becomes honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen , jesuiten.org of November 30, 2016, accessed on October 21, 2017
- ↑ A "Christian-Hindu" theologian from India
- ^ A sign of tolerance and understanding , press release of the University of Tübingen from December 1, 2016, accessed on October 21, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Sa, Francis Xavier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian Jesuit and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gokak Falls, Belgaum (District) |