Mylapore Institute of Indigenous Studies: Lecture Series

Mylapore Institute of Indigenous Studies

SATLeC 'South Asian Theological Lecture Circuit'

is a program of the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies to promote contextual theological reflection among established and upcoming scholars by inviting international scholars of repute to address audiences within South Asia on matters that are current and relevant to the church and its mission in the region.

Through the actual lectures and possible publication of these lectures we hope to inculcate an appreciation for and desire to engage in contextual theological reflection among scholars. Not only do we promote an inter-institutional co-operation when we conduct these lectures but we also seek to expose students and teachers to a wide range of issues and subjects that are pertinent to life and mission in that region.
Samples of the fine caliber of lecturers and topics include:

Lecturer: Dr. Tim Tennent of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.
Institutions involved: Various theological institutions in Bangalore.
Topic: 'The Indigenous Impulse in Indian Christianity: Lessons from the life and work of Brahmabandap Upadhaya'.

Lecturer: Dr. Frykenberg, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Dr Sebastian Chang-Hwan Kim, Ph.D. , Director, Christianity in Asia Project, Faculty of Divinity West Road Cambridge U.K.
Institutions involved: Madras University and a few Seminaries in the city of Chennai.
Topics: Religious Policies of the British Raj, A Re-look at 1938 Tambaram Conference, Religious Conversions in India, and Analysis of Conversions from Theological, Sociological and Psychological Perspectives

Lecturer: Dr. Roswith Gerloff, Founding Director of the Centre for Black and White Christian Partnership, Birmingham, UK, and former Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK.
Institutions involved: At Chennai: Meetings with Assemblies of God Church students, Untrained Pastors & Lay Evangelists in and around Chennai. At Bangalore: South Asia Institute for Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS), Southern Asia Bible College (SABC), United Theological College (UTC)

Lecturer: Dr. Chandra Mallampalli, Associate Professor of History at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. Author of the book Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863-1937 (Routledge, Curzon, 2004),
Institutions involved: MIIS, Dharma Deepika 20th Anniversary, Madras University.