Karnataka Theological College Explained

Karnataka Theological College
Established:	^[1]
Type:	Seminary
City:	Mangalore
State:	Karnataka
Country:	India
Head Label:	Principal
Head:	The Rev. Dr. H. M. Watson, CSI, Dr. Theol. (Regensburg, Germany)
Website:	http://www.kaces.org/KTC/homepage

Karnataka Theological College (founded in 1847)^[1] is an ecumenical seminary catering to the Kannada-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in Mangalore of Karnataka in South India, and is affiliated to the nation's first University,^[2] the Senate of Serampore College.

History

The Karnataka Theological College was founded in 1847 with the coming together of two distinct theological seminaries,

• the Union Kanarese Seminary (UKS) founded in 1912^[4] in Tumkur, and
• the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary (BEMTS) founded in 1847^[4] in Mangalore.^[5]

In 1967, C. D. Jathanna, the then principal of the college formed the Karnataka Christian Educational Society with the College as the nucleus along with another institute, the Hebich Technical Training Institute. He added several new educational institutions such as Balmatta Institute of Printing Technology, Balmatta Institute of Commerce, KACES ITI in Stichcraft, KACES Hostel, and Moegling Institute of German Language. At Present Karnataka Theological College offers residential Bachelor of Divinity degree course and the external courses of B.C.S., Dip. C.S. and C. Th. The students are basically from three dioceses of the Church of South India, Lutherans and Methodists and this is the only regional Theological College which offers training in Kannada language in Karnataka.

Present staff

Present Faculty at the Karnataka Theological College with subjects taught

Discipline	Faculty Name	Gen der	Teaching Status	Highest Degree	Alma Mater	University
Old Testament	The Rev. K. Sagar Sundar Raj^[6]	Male	Full-time	M.Th.	UTC, Bangalore	Serampore
New Testament	The Rev. Christopher George^[7]	Male	Full-time	M. Th.	UTC, Bangalore	Serampore
Systematic Theology	The Rev. H. M. Watson^[8]	Male	Full-time	Dr. Theol.	University of Regensburg, Regensburg	Regensburg
History of Religions	The Rev. B. Chennakesavalu^[9]	Male	Full-time	M.Th.	Gurukul, Chennai	Serampore
Christian Ministry	The Rev. H. R. Cabral	Male	Full-time	D. Th.	SATHRI, Bangalore	Serampore
Christian Ministry	The Rev. F. Anilkumar	Male	Full-time	Dr. Theol.	University of Regensburg, Regensburg	Regensburg
Women's Studies	The Rev. Annie Watson	Female	Full-time	Dr. Theol.	University of Regensburg, Regensburg	Regensburg
History of Christianity	The Rev. P. C. James^[10]	Male	Full-time	M.Th.	-	Serampore
History of Christianity	The Rev. C. L. Furtado	Male	Part-time	Dr. Theol.	Missions Academy, Hamburg	Hamburg
Social analysis	The Rev. Mohan Manoraj	Male	Part-time	M.Th.	TTS, Madurai	Serampore
Social Analysis/Indian Society	Dr. V. Basil Hans^[11]	Male	Part-time	Ph.D.	Mangalore University, Mangalore	Mangalore
English Literature	Sherly Furtado^[12]	Female	Part-time
Missions	The Rev. H. S. Wilson	Male	Part-time	Ph.D.	Drew University, Madison	Drew

Succession of Administrators

Years	Name	Academic credentials
1965–1967	The Rev. R. Scheuermeier,^[13]	D. D. (Serampore),
1967–1983	The Rev.^✝ C. D. Jathanna	Dr. Theol. (Hamburg)^[14]
1983–1991	The Rev. C. L. Furtado	Dr. Theol. (Hamburg),
1991–2009	The Rev. J. S. Sadananda	Dr. Theol. (Göttingen),^[15]
2009–2020	The Rev. H. R. Cabral,	D.Th. (Serampore)^[16]
2020-Present	The Rev. Dr. H. M. Watson,	Dr. Theol. (Regensburg, Germany)

Notable persons associated with the seminary

• The Rev.^✝ D. P. Shettian, Past pupil and Bishop,
• The Rev.^✝ S. R. Furtado, Faculty member and Bishop,
• The Rev.^✝ S. J. Samartha, Faculty member of the erstwhile Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary,
• The Rev. Devaraj Bangera, Past pupil and Bishop Emeritus,
• The Rev. D. I. Hans, Teacher of Religions.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=SBg9AQAAIAAJ&q=mangalore Minerva, Volume 35, Issue 2, Walter de Gruyter, 1969, p.1554
2. [Murli Manohar Joshi]
3. Johann Anselm Steiger (Edited), 500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, pp.447, 476.https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4
4. Godwin Shiri, Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India, KTC, Mangalore, 1985, pp.102–105. https://books.google.com/books?id=IYAcAAAAMAAJ&q=union+kanarese+seminary
5. The Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary was established in 1847 by the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. In 1847 it was established with a name B.E.M. Theological Seminary by Dr. Hermann Mögling. Moegling was the one who started the first Kannada news paper Mangaluru Samachara and his contribution to Kannada literature is well known. This college was training Protestant Pastors for the churches in Karnataka and Malabar area.
6. K. Sagar Sundar Raj pursued research studies at the United Theological College, Bangalore with the title Re-establishment of the tribal ethos in the Book of Amos: A sub-altern hermeneutical perspective, 2012, a copy of which is available and kept at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.
7. [Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]
8. H. M. Watson, Towards a Relevant Christology in India Today: An Appraisal of the Christologies of John Hick, Jürgen Moltmann and Jon Sobrino, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2002. https://books.google.com/books?id=TpnONwAACAAJ
9. [Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]
10. [Senate of Serampore College (University)]
11. [Mangalore University]
12. [Mangalore University]
13. Corinna Waltz, Honorary doctorate for Robert Scheuermeier, 7 March 2013. https://ems-online.org/en/news/article/07-03-2013-honorary-doctorate-for-robert-scheuermeier/
14. Johann Anselm Steiger (Edited), 500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, pp.450, 476.https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4
15. Reformation-Education-Transformation. International Twin Consultation, Brazil-Germany 2016. http://www.r-e-t.net/en.programm/en.halle-saale/
16. [Senate of Serampore College (University)]