TRADITION AND INNOVATION: Philosophy of Rootedness and Openness (Title Details and Table of Contents)

TRADITION AND INNOVATION 

Philosophy of Rootedness and Openness 

Editor 

Saju Chackalackal 

Asian Trading Corporation 

Bangalore 

2011  

Tradition and Innovation: Philosophy of Rootedness and Openness

Editor: Saju Chackalackal
Address:
Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram
Bangalore 560029, India
Email: saju@chackalackal.com;
Phone: +91-9480-022-339

Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI) Series: 12
Series Editors: George Panthamackal & Johnson J. Puthenpurackal

© ACPI First Edition, 2011
Published by ATC Publications, Bangalore, India

ISBN: 978-81-7086-610-7

Cover Design: Saju Mathew

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Table of Contents 

Introduction: Tradition vis-à-vis Innovation: A Quest for Samanvayam 1
Saju Chackalackal

Annual Statement of ACPI on Tradition and Innovation 13

Part 1 
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS 

Rooted in Tradition and Open to Innovation: Philosophical Reflections 15
Johnson J. Puthenpurackal

Transcendence of Tradition through Innovative Meanings 35
George Panthamackal

Tradition and Innovation 57
Babu Joseph Karakombil

Remembering and Forgetting: Description and Critique 65
Keith D’Souza

Tradition, Sedimentation, and Transformation 87
Victor Ferrao

History: A Philosophical Investigation 113
Thomas Padiyath

Dialectics of Identity and Difference 143
S. Sekar Sebastin

Rootedness and Openness: Changing Hues of Moral Consciousness 165
Herald Mathias

Authentic Self-Expression: Existentialist Foundations of Innovation 201
Henry Bright

Part 2 
RELIGIOUS APPLICATION 

Tradition-Innovation Dynamics in Christian Doctrines 225
Ivo Coelho

Tradition-Innovation Dynamics in Gandhian Approach to Religion 267
Vincent Aind

Tradition-Innovation in Science and Religion Encounter 293
Mathew Chandrankunnel

Tradition-Innovation Dynamics in Hinduism 307
John Peter Vallabadoss

Part 3 
SOCIAL CRITIQUE 

Ambedkar: Vision of Conversion and Mission of Emancipation 329
Sebastian Alackapally

Sri Narayana Guru and Indigenous Modernity 355
George Thadathil

Thanthai Periyar: Rebel, Critic, and Promoter of Self-Respect 373
James D. Chellappa

Dynamics of Rootedness and Openness in Tribal Life 395
Matthias Toppo

Jürgen Habermas’ Philosophy of Communication 427
Robert Pen

Towards a Theory of Justice: Tradition-Innovation Dynamics in The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen 451
Saju Chackalackal

INDEX…. 501

THE CONTRIBUTORS …. 513