Rajula Annie Watson Explained

Rajula Annie Watson
(nee Thomas)
Birth Name:Rajula Annie Thomas
Birth Date:1960 1, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:India
Occupation:Theologian
Nationality:Indian
Writings:See section
Congregations:Church of South India Karnataka Southern Diocese
Parents:Leelamma Thomas (Mother), Meporath Abraham Thomas (Father)
The Reverend Doctor

Rajula Annie Watson (nee Thomas) is a Theologian[2] who presently teaches[3] at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a Seminary established in 1965[4] and affiliated to the nation's first[5] University, the Senate of Serampore College. Annie has been a member of the Association of Theologically Trained Women of India since 1991[1] as well as Associate Presbyter at CSI-Hebich Memorial Church, Mangalore.

In 2008, the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart featured Annie in their journal darum-journal under the caption Kampf gegen die Erdewarmung.[6]

Studies

Annie studied bachelor's degree in theology at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1987–1991[7] where she obtained a Bachelor of Divinity[8] (B. D.) awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan. She later studied for a doctorate[9] at the University of Regensburg at the Faculty of Philosophy obtaining a Doctorate of Philosophy (Dr. Phil.) where she was supervised by Prof. Hans Schwarz.[10]

On publication of Watson's doctoral thesis, titled, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics it was simultaneously reviewed in the following journals,

Writings

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=SgN0HAAACAAJ&q=association+of+theologically+trained+women+of+india+handbook ATTWI Handbook
  2. Ignorance of religions lead to imbalance in society in The Deccan Herald, Mangalore, 30 September 2009. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/28060/archives.php
  3. http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/faculty.php?college=Karnataka+Theological+College&spez=Select+Specialization Senate of Serampore College (University), Directory of Teaching Staff
  4. Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834–1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.132. https://books.google.com/books?id=a_TrAAAACAAJ&q=ecumenical+cooperation+of+the+missions
  5. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001790/179035eb.pdf UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
  6. Annie Watson, Kampf gegen die Erdewarmung, darum-journal, No 5, October/November 2008, pp.xiv-xv.https://ems-online.org/uploads/media/Darum-journal_2008-05_Web.pdf
  7. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.75.
  8. K. C. Abraham, Foreword in Rajula Annie Watson, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, p.xii. https://books.google.com/books?id=vEkveVlZzzsC&q=rajula+annie+watson
  9. University of Regensburg, Dissertationen für den Hochschulschriftentausch 2004. http://www.uni-regensburg.de/bibliothek/bibliothek-a-z/dissertationen/2004/index.html
  10. Emil Schürer, Adolf von Harnack, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Volume 129, Issues 1–6, 2004, p.237. https://books.google.com/books?id=x-BVAAAAYAAJ&q=watson
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=hjsmAQAAIAAJ Missionalia, Volume 33, p.199, 2005
  12. Emil Schürer, Adolf von Harnack, Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 129, Issues 1–6, p.237, 2004. https://books.google.com/books?id=x
  13. https://books.google.com/books?id... Theologische Revue, Volumes 100–101, p.44, 2004
  14. https://books.google.com/books?id=NK8kAQAAIAAJ&q=rajula Revue théologique de Louvain, Volume 35, 2004, p.638
  15. Rajula Annie Watson, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004. https://books.google.com/books?id=vEkveVlZzzsC&q=rajula+annie+watson
  16. Rajula Annie Watson, Overcoming Violence against Women, CTC Bulletin – Bulletin of the programme area on Faith, Mission and Unity (theological concerns) of the Christian Conference of Asia, Special Issue on the Fifth Congress of Asian Theologians, Part II, volume XXIII, number 2, August 2007, pp.35–39. http://cca.org.hk/home/ctc/ctc07-02/05_rajula_conquering35.pdf
  17. Rajula Annie Watson, Towards a Christian Land Ethic, CTC Bulletin – Bulletin of the programme area on Faith, Mission and Unity (theological concerns) of the Christian Conference of Asia, Special Issue on the Fifth Congress of Asian Theologians, Part II, volume XXIII, number 2, August 2007, pp.22–34. http://cca.org.hk/home/ctc/ctc07-02/04_rajula-land_ethic22.pdf
  18. Rajula Annie Watson, Baptism, means of grace or means of conflicts? : the significance of baptism in today's religiously pluralistic society in Andrea König (Edited), Mission, dialogue and peaceful co-existence : living together in a multireligious and secular society and prospects for the future, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, New York, 2010.http://library.ecu.edu.au:2082/search~S7?/tInter-Am.+%26+Eur.+hum.+rts.+j./tinter+am+and+eur+hum+rts+j/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tinter+ethnic+inter+religious+and+inter+communal+conflicts+in+nigeria+the+ca&1%2C1%2C
  19. Rajula Annie Watson, Women and Mission in a pluralistic context in Andrea Konig (Edited), Mission, Dialog und Friedliche Koexistenz Mission, Dialogue, and Peaceful Coexistence, Peter Lang, 2010, pp.77–88. https://books.google.com/books?id=BnP3x8joQDUC&q=annie&pg=PA7
  20. Rajula Annie Watson, Gender justice: towards full humanity of women and men, IJBF, p, 1271. https://books.google.com/books?id=tLDeXcNm2PAC&dq=rajula+annie+thomas&pg=PA1271
  21. Rajula Annie Watson, Visibility of the invisible: Status and role of women in church mission and ministry in Martin Tamcke and Gladson Jathanna (Edited), Construction of the Other, Identification of the Self: German Mission in India. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte, Lit Verlag, Wien, 2012, pp.365–374. https://books.google.com/books?id=I84JU-EnKpsC&q=watson&pg=PA382