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My Experience at Maholel Village

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Introduction Why and how I entered the field study: “Experience is the best teacher” they say. The theological courses taught in classrooms would carry no meaning if they are not experienced in deeds in the real space and time, in the here and now situation. Therefore the programme called CTP – Contextual Theological Programme, is organised for a span of two weeks. The main purpose of CTP is to have the experiential knowledge, apart from textual knowledge, of the present situation in the context of Central Gujarat. This programme is conducted in order to become aware of and to know the reality in a particular context of Gujarat. It includes the learning of the past and present, history and geography of the context in terms of rites of passage, customs, rituals, traditions, popular religious behaviour patterns, value system, and the past and present of the Catholics in the present context. Moreover, the purpose of the field study is to gain affective knowledge, to learn to refle
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Inculturation and Evangelization

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What is inculturation?   Inculturation means the gradual process of the acquiring of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person or another culture. It also means the adaptation of Christian liturgy to a non-Christian cultural context. The process of inculturation may be defined as the Church’s efforts to make the message of Christ penetrate a given socio-cultural milieu, calling on to grow according to all its particular values, as long as these are compatible with the Gospel. The term ‘inculturation’ includes the notion of growth, of the mutual enrichment of persons and groups, rendered possible by the encounter of the Gospel with a social milieu. Inculturation is the incarnation of the Gospel in native cultures and also the introduction of these cultures into the life of the Church. The notion of inculturation is not to be reduced just to the external adaptation of and accommodation with the local cultures and traditions. We need to promote transfor
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