VIOLENCE IN TODAY’S SOCIETY AN INDIAN THEOLOGICAL RESPONSE

Indian theological Association (ITA) 2011 Statement

Abstract

We, the members of the Indian Theological Association (ITA) gathered in the National, Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre (NBCLC), Bangalore during May 23—27, 2011 to consider and deliberate the theme of the yearly ITA seminar: “Violence in Today’s Society: An Indian Theological Response.” The theme was chosen because of the violence caused by warring nations, fundamentalist and extremist groups, individuals who harbour a gender bias, opposing forces in the state-sponsored operation Green Hunt, Multinational Corporations with an eye on profits, and persons in general who are intolerant of others and try to eliminate those who do not conform to their own views.