Consecrated Life for a Transformed World Catholic, Ecumenical and Interreligious Perspectives in a Globalizing Era

includes index and biblioraphy

Inspirational Foundations Biblical typology of Casta Meretrix...........27 COnsecrated life in a Globalized Era..............35 Call to move beyond................41 Prophetic dimension of Consecreated life...............45 Consecrated life , a Call to be Lady wisdom.........55 Trinitarian aspects of Consecrated life...............75 Religious life as a call to discipleship................87 I Have sat alone Because of your hand upon me.101 Place and role of consecrated persons in the CHurch according to lumen gentium and the codes of Canon law................117 Consecrated life from vatican II to pope francis....135 Religious congregations and societies of apostolic life for men and women in the Kerala Catholic Church During the 19th and 20th Centuries.......................161 To the utmost......185 Towards holiness and wholeness The centrality of holiness in Consecrated life..........203 A holistic perspective for consecrated life based on the vision of adrian van kaam...................219 Commitment to the society...............................307 Ecumenical and interreligious perspectives...447 Formation for Consecration in Contemporary times.........513