Mirando a Oriente: Cristianismo, inculturación y arquitectura en la India

Kuriakose Cherupuzhathottathil

doi:10.17979/aarc.2022.9.0.9343

Authors

Fr. Kuriakose Cherupuzhathottathil Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2022.9.0.9343

Keywords:

Far East, Christianity, Inculturation, Architecture, India

Abstract

This text offer a brief history of Christianity in India, which allows to understand how Christianity played an important role in the formation of Indian society in general, while other religions contributed to the cultural and artistic evolution of this country. It then traces the fundamental features of the relationship between Christianity and inculturation, based on the book «Christ and Culture» by H. Richard Niebuhr, and finally presents the main buildings that have marked Christian architecture in India, as well as the most recent achievements. The article concludes with a reflection on some works which, in the author’s opinion, open a new avenue for the inculturation of Christianity in the Subcontinent.

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Author Biography

Fr. Kuriakose Cherupuzhathottathil, Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches

A native of India, he was ordained a priest in 2003, incardinated in the diocese of Bathery. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, and since 2015 he has been working at the Congregation for Oriental Churches (The Holy See).

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