Professor Dr. Francis X. D'Sa S.J.
will deliver a talk on
CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE DIALOGUE OF CULTURES: Reflections on the
Present Encounter of Cultures
at Thomas stephens Konknni Kendr
on Sunday 1 April 2007 at 5.30 p.m.
Prof. D'Sa will deliver a brief discourse, followed by an interactive
session with the audience.
Dr. D'Sa is an eminent theologian of international repute and has
specialized in the area of theology and cultures. Dr. Francis X. D'Sa SJ has
been a Professor of Indian Religions and Theology of Religion at the Jnana
Deepa Vidyapeeth [Pontificium Athenaeum], Pune since 1973. His doctoral
studies were completed in 1973, at the University of Vienna, Austria with a
dissertation on the Purva-Mimamsa. From 1975 he has been a regular visiting
Professor at the Universities in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. In
addition he is a guest Lecturer at many academic Institutions in Europe.
Since April 2003 he occupies the Chair for Missionwissenschaft und Dialog
der Religionen in the Faculty for Catholic Theology at the University of
Würzburg, Germany.
Dr Pratap Naik, S.J.
Director
TSKK, Alto Porvorim
