STAFF RESEARCH
Key presentations
- Presented the Key note address at the seminar on People’s Religious Cultural Consciousness and Identity for Solidarity at the Two-Day UGC Seminar organized by Arul Anandar College, Karmathur on 6-7 March 2017.
- Presented Mother Virginammal Endowment Lecture at MMI College of Philosophy, Palanchoor, Chennai on 31 October 2017 on the theme: Popular Religiosity: A Quest for Meaning.
- Philosophy of Food in Popular Religiosity, at the national seminar on Human Civilization and Dietary Practices, held on 22 & 23 September 2017 at Asian Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, Chennai.
- Presented a research paper on Living Catholicism: An Indian Experience at College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA on 5 September 2018.
- Popular Religiosity: A Quest for Meaning, Chennai, Satya Nilayam Publications, 2016, ISBN: 978.81.903656.6.6.
- Shrines and Pilgrimages: Philosophy and Practice, (ed.) Chennai, Vijay Nichole Publications, 2016. ISBN 978 -81-8209-445-1
- Popular Devotions: Philosophy and Practice (ed.). Chennai, Satya Nilayam Publications, 2018. ISBN 978-81-903656-7-3.
- The Emergence of Shrines: Created or Evolved in Shrines and Pilgrimages: Philosophy and Practice, Vijay Nichole Publications, Chennai, 2016 p. 35-49. ISBN: 978 -81-8209-445-1.
- Symbolic Moments in the Papacy of Pope Francis, in IGNIS, Vol. XLVII, No. II, 2017. pp. 35-49.
- Philosophy, Religion and Dietary Practices, in Jeevadhara, Vol. XLVIII, 2018, No. 283. pp 26-36.
- Towards an Understanding of Popular Devotions, in Popular Devotions: Philosophy and Practice (ed.), Chennai, Satya Nilayam Publications, 2018. P. 57-76.
- Being Eco-sensitive: Responding to Global Environmental Crisis, in Satya Nilayam Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, vol.31. March (2017), 50-63.
- Edited three volumes of the journal, SATYA NILAYAM: Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, ISSN: 0972-5016.
- Volume No. 29 on the theme: Philosophizing India: Tasks and Prospects., March 2016.
- Volume No. 30 on the theme: Philosophy, Science and Technology, October 2016.
- Volume No. 31 on the theme: Philosophy, Ecology and Religion. March 2017.
Key presentations
- Delivered the Keynote Address at the two-day National Seminar on “Understanding Subjectivity,”organized by the Department of Philosophy, Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery, on 12-13 September 2018.
- Presented a paper in the ICPR sponsored Seminar in Lucknow on the "Phenomenology of Myths and Rituals” on 6-9 April 2016.
- Presented two sessions on “Hermeneutic Phenomenology” on 21 April 2017 to the participants of the Seven-Day National Workshop organized at the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.
- Conducted two sessions of the Philosophical Seminar on the theme “Human Person in the 21st Century” at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Thalesserry, Kerala, on 20 January 2018.
Key presentations
- The Inaugural Address titled “EXPLORING TAMIZH PHILOSOPHY” at the one day seminar on ‘Exploring Tamizh Philosophy’ on 08 Dec 2018 in Satya Nilayam Institute of Philosophy and Culture, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai.
- The Rev. Dr Joseph Jaswant Raj SDB Endowment Lecture titled “IGNITING OUR SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE (SQ): EXPLORATIONS, ENCOUNTERS, ENGAGEMENTS” on 31 Aug 2018 in Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamallee, Chennai
- The Inaugural Address titled “AN AFRO-ASIA CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TO INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT” at the Inclusive Development Workshop: Greater China and Beyond on 10 Aug 2018 in Hang Seng Management College, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China
- Endowed Lecture titled “IGNITING OUR SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE (SQ): EXPLORATIONS, ENCOUNTERS, ENGAGEMENTS” on 25 Jan 2018 in Saint Joseph’s Major Seminary, Khammam, Telengana.
- The Donald MacLean Chair Endowed Lecture titled “IGNITING OUR SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE (SQ): EXPLORATIONS, ENCOUNTERS, ENGAGEMENTS” on 30 Nov 2017 in Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, USA
- The 2017 Van Christoph Lecture on Catholic Education, titled “REVITALIZE OR RELATIVIZE: CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE MIDST OF RELIGION DIVERSITY” on 30 October 2017 in Gonzaga University, Spokane, USA
- The Donald MacLean Chair Endowed Lecture titled “WILL WELCOME WORK – HOSPITALITY, DIVERSITY, & IDENTITY AT CROSS ROADS” on 04 April 2017 in Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, USA
- Paper titled “HUMAN WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL PURPOSE: INCLUDING RELIGION IN INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT” in the two-day international workshop on Inclusive Development: Greater China and Beyond, held on 10 and 11 August 2018, in Hong Kong, Organized by the Hang Seng Management College and Afro-Asian Society for Inclusive Development
- Paper titled “POSSIBILITIES AND POTENTIALS OF RELIGIONS IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY: MAKING A CASE FOR INDIA” in the two-day international and interdisciplinary Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research on “Religion and Poverty”, held on 21 and 22 September 2017, in Salzburg, Organized by the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
- Paper titled “HOSPITALITY: THE LINK BETWEEN ETHICS AND SPIRITUALITY” In the two-day International and interdisciplinary conference held on 21 and 22 April 2017, in the College of St Elizabeth, New Jersey, Organized by the Inst. Of Cross-Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange and the College of St Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
- Paper titled “THE COHERENCE OR THE PARADOX OF OMNIBENEVOLENCE AND PANENTHEISM” In the three-Day Classical Theism Workshop held from July 21 – 24, 2016 in University of St Thomas, Minneapolis Organized by University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA
- Paper titled “HUMANIZING AND DIGNIFYING CULTURES: DIALOGUES WITH “RELIGIOUS UTOPIAS” In the Five-Day world congress, XI International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD) held from July 11—15, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, Organized by International Society for Universal Dialogue, Poland.
- Paper titled “BEYOND RELIGIOSITY, RATIONALITY, & RELATIONALITY: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ECOLOGICAL CRISIS TODAY In the Two days UGC National Seminar on ‘Ecology, Society, Religion, and Development Perspectives” Held on 25 & 26 Feb 2016, Organized by the Department of Philosophy Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai.
- Resource Video lecture titled “MEMORY IN THE RELIGIOUS LIFE” at the Inter religious Dialogue Summer School, organized by Elijah Interfaith Institute, Jerusalem, on 14 Aug 2018 through Video conferencing, Chennai
- Key respondent to the paper titled, “authored by Dr George Joseph at the IDCR National Seminar on “RELIGIONS, FOOD, AND HEALTH” from 22 to 24 Aug 2018, organized by Institute for Dialogue with Cultures and Religions, Loyola College Campus, Chennai.
- Resource lecture for the semester gathering of Faith and Reason forum, on "CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH FAITH AND REASON: INDIAN PERSPECTIVES", on 27 April 2017, organized by the Faith and Reason Committee, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, USA
- Resource lectures for the Departmental Seminar on “INTERCULTURAL PHILOSOPHY” on 03 January 2017 organized by the Department of Philosophy, Arul Anandar College in Karumathur, Madurai
- Resource lectures for the College Seminar on “VALUE EDUCATION” on 22 April 2016 organized by Loyola College of Education, Chennai
- “BEYOND RELIGIOSITY, RATIONALITY, & RELATIONALITY: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ECOLOGICAL CRISIS TODAY” Book Chapter in Ecology Society Religion and Development Perspectives, edited by S.Lourdunathan and M. Arulappan, Vergal Publications, Tamilnadu and Arul Anandar College, Madurai, 2016. ISBN 978-93-85109-87-4
- “DE-VALORIZATION OF SACRED PILGRIMAGES: A SIGN OF PROGRESS OR REGRESS?" Book chapter in SHRINES AND PILGRIMAGES: PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE, Edited by Lawrence Fernandes, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt. Ltd. Publications, Chennai, 2016. ISBN 978 -81-8209-445-1
- “HUMANIZING AND DIGNIFYING CULTURES: DIALOGUES WITH “RELIGIOUS UTOPIAS”, Dialogue and Universalism: Journal of the International Society for Universal Dialogue, Vol. XXVII No. 3/2017. ISSN 1234-5792.