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In Conversation: Prof. T.K. Oommen Interview
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The story of suffering and sacrifice, and the meaning of sin and redemption have penetrated the imaginations of writers across India over the centuries. Public worship, poetry pleading to share in the Saviour’s pain, narrative poems on martyrdom, and comparative theology have all been…
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Easter commemorates the death on the cross of Jesus Christ and his resurrection on the third day after his crucifixion. Christ is the central figure in the Holy Bible comprising the Old and the New Testaments, as accepted by the…
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My mother belonged to the Jacobite denomination. She was very particular about observing the 40-day fast. Her parents used to have only black coffee on those days, even milk or curd was not permitted. Easter is the day we break the fast. I remember my father used to tease Mother. He would say, ‘You…
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I think if one wants to understand the real importance of Easter, one must begin with the festival of unleavened bread. This is actually a Jewish custom, and Jesus was born and brought up as a Jew; Christianity arose only after his death. The ‘Last Supper’ was what the Jews also used to refer to as…
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