‘LIFE IS HEAVEN NOW’ (A book of three Fruitful Decades in Dialogue )

‘LIFE IS HEAVEN NOW’

(A book of three Fruitful Decades in Dialogue )

Dear friends,

Dr. Abraham Karickam completed Three Fruitful Decades in A Dialogical Pilgrimage.He started his Dialogical Pilgrimage actually in 1975 when he first visited Taize Community in France, where he encountered people of many Faiths and Nations for the first time, during his student days. But it was in Bossey Ecumenical Institute , Geneva (1987) that he really started specialising in Inter-religious dialogue, under the guidance of Fr. Daniel Cibotea. It was the beginning of a long journey into various corners of the world and a dive into the vast ocean of wisdom in the Holy Scriptures. He will complete three decades in active Dialogue in 2016.

We would like to offer him a Festschrift volume on 1st January of 2016 ( during a specially convened Holy Books Conference at Kottarakkara- 7th in the intertextuality series.) The title of this book will be " Life is Heaven  Now: Three Fruitful Decades in Dialogue". As a long- time friend and well wisher of Dr. Karickam, we request you to kindly contribute an article, in the form of a reflection or a study in any of the facets of  interfaith Dialogue.It was 20 years ago that Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Centre for Dialogue was founded at Kottarakkara, with Dr. Karickam as the founder General Secretary. He he had the privilege to attend three General Assemblies of WCC ( Canberra, Harare and Port Allegre).  He participated in umpteen Dialogue Conferences in different parts of the globe, as a true pilgrim counting pebbles on the shores of eternity. He retired as the Principal of  Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla, where he was a member of the Faculty of English for about three decades. Ever since his retirement , he serves as a Global Staff Member of United Religions Initiative ( URI ) and is currently Executive. Secretary of URI Asia Council. He founded Karickam International Public School in 2004, which has already  become a hub of numerous international programmes related to education and dialogue.

Kindly send your article with a passport size photograph before 30th June, 2015. Your participation in the 7 th Holy Books Conference at Kottarakkara on the 1st and 2nd of January, 2016 will be very much appreciated, where we intend to release this Festschrift Volume.

Looking forward to your favourable reply at the earliest and thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. John Kurakar ( Chairman, Editorial Committee )

Jiji P. Mathew (Chief Editor )

Sri. Prasanna Venkitachariar Chaturvedi Swamiji  ( Patron)

Dr. J. Prameeladevi (Advisor)