Introduction The word “culture” is an all comprehensive one. In fact, it can be used with anything in the world, as we shall see below. Unfortunately it came to be used in all its richness –both positive and negative- only recently. Its role in the evangelizing mission of the Church is crucial. It reached its highest meaning when the saintly Pope John Paul...Read More
ABOUT J. PUTHENPURAKAL
Fr. (Dr.) Joseph Puthenpurakal teaches Missiology at Sacred Heart Theological College (SHTC), Shillong. He is a member of the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS), of International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM) and of Fellowship of Indian Missiologists (FOIM). Fr. Joseph has been serving in North East India for over four decades. He has published books and articles on Mission and related topics. He has been the SDB Mission Delegate for South Asia. After being director of Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures (DBCIC) for 17 years, he is now rector of Provincial House-Mathias Institute, Mawlai, Shillong. In this capacity he is in-charge of the two-year MTh course with special emphasis on Mission and missiological studies at SHTC. He is also co-editor of Anthropology Today: An International Peer-Reviewed NEIRA [North East Institute for Research in Anthropology] Journal.
