Community, Celebration, and Communion
The Future of Christian Ethics in India
Keywords:
Christian Ethics, Community, CelebrationAbstract
India has always been a land of deep religiosity, spirituality, and
morality. The terms widely used in India to denote morality or ethics
are dharma (that which holds together or that which supports) or nîti
(that which leads or that which promotes). Dharma holds people
together or supports the members of a community to attain their end.
It is fitting to remember that the same term dharma means religion as
well. Obviously, the term dharma states the inherent interrelationship
between religion and ethics, spirituality and morality. The significance
of the term dharma is not limited to the field of religiosity and morality,
but it is a word that links every sector of life, including personal and
public spheres of life. Dharma is that which supports and promotes
the members of a community to attain their end, whatever the nature
and structure of the community may be.
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