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Education: Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science, Bangalore University, 1980; Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.), United Theological College, Bangalore (Senate of Serampore College) 1984; Master of Theology (M. Th), Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture, Kerala (Senate of Serampore College), 1991; Doctor of Theology (Dr. Theol.), magna cum laude, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1997. The Rev Dr J. Jayakiran Sebastian is a Presbyter of the Church of South India, and currently H. George Anderson Professor of Mission and Culture and Director of the Multicultural Mission Resource Center at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He has been Professor in the Department of Theology and Ethics at the United Theological College, Bangalore, India, where he has served as Chairperson of the Department and also and Dean of Doctoral Studies at the College. He comes from Bangalore, and following his theological training at the United Theological College, he served both rural and urban pastorates of the Karnataka Central Diocese of the Church of South India and even after becoming a theological teacher continued to be associated with the pastoral ministry by serving as an Associate Presbyter in churches where the Diocese needed him. His Master's degree is from the Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture, Kerala, and his doctorate (magna cum laude) from the University of Hamburg, Germany, where his dissertation, which was later published, was entitled "... baptisma unum in sancta ecclesia...": A Theological Appraisal of the Baptismal Controversy in the Work and Writings of Cyprian of Carthage. He is a Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ, USA, and was in residence there from August 2003 to May 2004. In addition to several articles in edited books, various articles have been published in journals that cover a range of interests including the contributions and the ongoing relevance of the study of the early teachers of faith, the baptism and conversion debate, and contemporary missiological issues and themes. Recent publications include: "Towards a Christological Missiology Today with the Guide-Who-Stands-Aside," in Theology Today; "Enduring to the End -- Persecution, Martyrdom and Identity," in Bangalore Theological Forum; "Having and Sharing: Theological Perspectives from India on Consumerism and Exclusion," in the inaugural issue of the new journal International Journal of Public Theology. He is a member of the North American Patristic Society, International Association of Patristic Studies, International Association of Mission Studies and is the Associate Editor of the journal Mission Studies. He is also a member of the Global Network for Public Theology. He was invited to deliver the Teape Lectures at Cambridge, Leicester, and Edinburgh Universities in October 2007. |
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