In a multi-religious society like India, the role that religions can play in human and social development can be both ambiguous and crucial. On the one hand, religions can be politized and turn communalistic. On the other, religions are called to collaborate in providing a common moral foundation to social and political life. They do so in dialogue with each other and with social reality.
In this context, the book of S. Arulsamy "Religion for a New Society" become relevant and useful. He shows in it how different religious traditions he has explored can contribute to human and social development and thus pave the way for a new Society.
"Religion for a New Society" (ISBN 81-7214-594-2) ist 2000 erschienen bei ISPCK (Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) - Rs. 65.00; $ 7,--
Rev. Dr. S. Arulsamy is a Catholic priest hailing from Tamil Nadu. He was a Professor of Systematic Theology and Religious Studies in St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Theology, Bangalore, and of Indian Philosophy in Anulanandar College, Karumathur (Madurai)
He holds a double Master's Degree in Theology and Liturgy from the Catholic University of Paris (France) and another Master's Degree in Sociology from the University of Mysore. He acquired his doctorate in Indian Philosophy from the University of Madras.
He is a life member of Tamilnadu Philosophical Society. He has been Secretary General of the Indian Theological Association. Presently, he is Deputy Secretary General of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (Delhi). He has written a number of articles and contributed papers to different Seminars on theological and philosophical subjects. He is author of the following books: Saivism. A Perspective of Grace (1987); Service to the Word and the Community (1998) and Guide to CBCI-CCBI documents (2000). He has also authored six theological books in Tamil).
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