Wednesday, 6 November marked the day the doctoral thesis of Raja Sebastian was published. The thesis was first defended on 25 March 2019 at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Urban University of Rome. The title of the thesis is “Christian non-violence (ahimsa) in the context of the Tamils of India: Theological foundation." Professor John Egbulefu, a student of Joseph Ratzinger, presided over the court. Kokou Atakpa and Maurizio Gronchi acted as rapporteurs. During his defence Raja was supported by SSCC brothers and sisters in Rome, by the lay staff of via Rivarone and by a large group of his friends from different religious congregations. In total, about one hundred people occupied the "John Henry Newman" classroom. Raja defended his thesis, which was approved and now that the thesis has been published, he duly received his doctorate. Following from the defence of his doctorate all gathered for refreshments in one of the University rooms.
11/08/2019