Celebrative Ethics Ecological Issues in the Light of the Syro-Malabar Qurbana

includes index and biblioraphy

GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................. 1 The Point of Departure ................................. 1 Celebration as Source and Summit of the Christian Story and Life ................ 6 Structure of the Study ................................. 27 Scope and Method .................................... 28 Special Interest of this Study ........................... 29 CELEBRATIVE ETHICS A SELECT STUDY OF RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS Introduction ......................................... 34 Two Types of Religious Celebrations .............. 34 Salient Features of Religious Celebration .......... 49 Values of Religious Celebration .................. 82 CELEBRATION IN THE CHURCH Introduction ........................................ 101 Liturgical Celebration .......................... 101 Eucharistic Liturgy: Syro-Malabar Qurbana ........ 129 Verification of the Salient Features of Celebration .. 159 TOWARDS A CELEBRATIVE ETHICS Introduction ........................................ 199 Celebrational Values of the Syro Malabar Qurbana .. 199 Towards A Working Definition of Celebrative Ethics 236 Conclusion .............................. 255 AN UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGICAL ISSUES: A CASE STUDY ECOLOGICAL ISSUES: DIFFERENT PARADIGMS BY SELECT AUTHORS Introduction ........................................ 261 General Analysis of Ecological Issues ............ 261 Different Paradigms on Ecological Issues ......... 283 ECOLOGICAL ISSUES: A PERSONAL APPROACH Introduction ........................................ 317 Background of the Paradigm .................... 318 A Triad: Nature-Neighbour-Other ............... 323 The Ground of the Ecological Problem ........... 347 Awareness of the Relatedness: A Response ........ 350 Concluding Remarks ................................ 355 Conclusion ............................. 359 VERIFICATION OF THE THEORY: CELEBRATIVE ETHICS CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN COSMIC VISION IN THE QURBANA Introduction ..................................... A Brief Sketch of Christian Cosmic Vision ..... Christian Cosmic Vision in the Qurbana .......... 378 CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT IN THE WORLD AND CELEBRATION OF THE QURBANA Introduction ........................................ 411 Recapitulation of the Cosmic Values in the Qurbana 412 The Celebration of the Qurbana towards Moral Commitment ................................. 431 Conclusion ............................ 457 GENERAL CONCLUSION 459 Significance of Celebrative Ethics ...................... 463 Areas for Further Study .............................. 466 A Possible Criticism .................................. 467 Bibliography ....................................... 471 General Index ...................................... 501