Fr. Sebastian Kappen(1924 - 1993)
Sebastian Kappen, an Indian Jesuit theologian, doctored in 1961 from the Gregorian University, Rome, with a thesis on "Praxis and Religious Alienation according to the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx." His subsequent studies had been geared to the requirements of transformative social action in India. This led him to an investigation into the liberative and humanizing potential of the original teachings of the historical Jesus as well as of Indian religious traditions, particularly the t
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Kappen's B O O K S with Contents(Malayalam Books are not included)1977 Jesus and Freedom, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 1977
1. The Quest and the Questions [cf. JT 77]
2. The Challenge of Liberation [cf. VC 75]
3. The Prophet of the New Humanity
4. Cosmic Freedom
5. The Poor Shall Possess the Earth
6. Towards the Total Man
7. The Cost of Freedom: Political Death
8. Meeting God in the Fullness of Man
9. Existential Liberation
10. Jesus and the Oppressed Today [In JOT 1986]
1983 Marxian Atheism, published by the author, Bangalore, 1983
1. Critique of Heaven
2. The Political Basis of Religion
3. Material Production and God
4. Praxis and Integral Freedom
5. The Total Man and the Eclipse of God
6. An Atheism of Ambivalence
1983 Jesus and Cultural Revolution- an Asian Perspective, Build, Bombay
1. The Dialectic of Culture and Prophecy [In JC 02]
2. Jesus – The prophet of Counter-culture [In JC 02]
3. The Decline of prophecy [In JC 02]
4. Counter-cultural Movements in India [In JC 02]
5. Jesus and Transculturation [In JC 02]
6. Communities for Cultural Action [In JC 02]
1985 Jesus Today (editor & co-author), AICUF, Madras, 1985
1. The Prophet of Hope, [Anawim 1, JS 02]
2. Towards Theandric Fullness [JS 02]
3. The Not-yet and the Already, Anawim 5, [JS 02]
4. The Future: A Gift and a Task, Anawim 2 [JS 02]
5. A Manifesto of Freedom, Anawim 9 [JS 02]
6. The Miracles as Subversion (Soares), Anawim 14
7. Freedom for the Body, Anawim 13 [JS 02]
8. Salvation as Wholeness [JS 02]
9. The Love-commandment (Soares), Anawim 21
10. Man, Woman, and the Human, Anawim 30 [JS 02]
11. The Social Stance of Jesus (Soares), Anawim 29
12. Congratulations to the Poor (Rayan), Anawim 3
13. A Lesson in Socialism, Anawim 17 [JS 02]
14. Either God or Money, Anawim 18 [JS 02]
15. The Ordeal and the Option, Anawim 22 [JS 02]
16. The Abolition of Power, Anawim 16 [JS 02]
17. Caesar Versus God (Rayan), Anawim 23
18. Jesus and Imperialism (Rayan), Anawim, 26
19. The Pure and the Impure, Anawim 20 [JS 02]
20. Mercy, Not Sacrifice [JS 02]
21. The Praxis of Subversive Prayer (Rayan)
22. Faith Versus Ideology, Anawim 25 [JS 02]
23. Attuning Oneself to the Divine, Anawim 6 [JS 02]
24. Table-fellowship as Socialist Praxis, Anawim 24 [JS 02]
25. He Walks with Us (Rayan), Anawim 31
26. Discipleship as Contestation, Anawim 28 [JS 02]
27. Between the Church and the Kingdom of God, Anawim 38 [JS 02]
28. The Spirit Brooding Over a Wasteland [JS 02]
29. Prophet and Poet in One (Rayan)
30. A Quest that Never Ended [JS 02]
31. Power in Powerlessness [JS 02]
32. Let Jesus Be, Anawim 36 [JS 02]
1986 Liberation Theology and Marxism, Asha Kendra, Punthamba, 1986
1. Why Liberation Theology
2. Orientations for a Theology of Integral Freedom [OAT 79]
3. For a Contextual Theology of Liberation
4. From Religious Ideology to Prophetic Religiosity
5. Towards an Ecumenism without Domination [EF 79]
6. Church, Liberation Theology, and Marxism [CLM 79]
7. The Marxist and the Christian Dialectics of Liberation [TMCDL 76]
8. Marxist Christian Dialogue [MCD 83]
1992 The Future of Socialism and Socialism of the Future, Visthar, bangalore, 1992
1. The Future of Socialism and Socialism of the Future
2. Whither Indian Communism [ICCCR 85]
1994 Tradition Modernity Counterculture, Visthar, Bangalore, 1994
1. The Dialectic of Tradition and Modernity [TDTM 84]
2. Culture and Class Domination
3. Towards a Revolution of Symbols [TRS 82]
4. Countercultural Perspectives [CCP 90]
5. Vedic Orientations for a Relevant Ecosophy [TVWV 87]
6. The Emerging paradigm of Vision and Values
7. Art and Social Consciousness
8. Towards an Alternative Cultural Paradigm
2000 Hindutva and Indian Religious Traditions, Manusham Publications, Rubynagar, Changanassery, Oct. 2000
1. The materialist Conception of History and the Indian Religious Tradition
2. Religious Pluralism and the Survival of Indian Democracy
3. Hindutva – Emergent Fascism ?
2001 Divine Challenge and Human Response (Kappen Reader I), CSS, Tiruvalla
1. Jesus
2. The Church
3. Theology
2002 Jesus and Culture ( Selected Writings of Sebastian Kappen S. J, Vol. I), ISPCK, Delhi
1. The Dialectic of Culture and Prophecy [From: JCR 83]
2. Jesus: the Prophet of a Counter-culture [From: JCR 83]
3. The Decline of prophecy [From: JCR 83]
4. Counter-cultural Movements in India [From: JCR 83]
5. Jesus and Transculturation [From: JCR 83]
6. Communities for Cultural Action [From: JCR 83]
7. Jesus and Indian Religiosity
8. Orientations for an Asian Theology
9. The Asian Search for a Liberative Theology
10. Towards an Indian Theology of Liberation
11. The Dialectic of Faith and Unfaith
12. Values in Crisis: A Socio-philosophical Analysis of the Indian Situation
13. Spirituality in the New Age of Recolonization
14. Hindutva – Emergent Fascism ?
2002 Jesus and Society ( Selected Writings of Sebastian Kappen S. J, Vol. I), ISPCK, Delhi
1. The Prophet of Hope, Anawim 1
2. Towards Theandric Fullness
3. The Not-yet and the Already, Anawim 5
4. The Future: A Gift and a Task, Anawim 2
5. A Manifesto of Freedom, Anawim 9
6. Freedom for the Body, Anawim 13
7. Salvation as Wholeness
8. Man, Woman, and the Human, Anawim 30
9. A Lesson in Socialism, Anawim 17
10. Either God or Money, Anawim 18
11. The Ordeal and the Option, Anawim 22
12. The Abolition of Power, Anawim 16
13. The Pure and the Impure, Anawim 20
14. Mercy, Not Sacrifice
15. Faith Versus Ideology, Anawim 25
16. Attuning Oneself to the Divine, Anawim 6
17. Table-fellowship as Socialist Praxis, Anawim 24
18. Discipleship as Contestation, Anawim 28
19. Between the Church and the Kingdom of God, Anawim 38
20. The Spirit Brooding Over a Wasteland
21. A Quest that Never Ended
22. Power in Powerlessness
23. Let Jesus Be, Anawim 36
24. Jesus and India's quest for identity
25. The Church as the Bearer of New Values
26. The Jesus-fellowship
27. Jesus beyond Jesus
28. The Man Jesus: Rupture and Communion
29. Ecumenism and Freedom
30. A New Approach to Theological Education
2002. Towards a Holistic Cultural Paradigm
1. Cultural Heritage of India
2. Caste in India
3. From the Buddha to the Mahatma
4. Religion and Society in India
5. The Hindutva Movement
6. Language, Myth, Symbol
7. Art, Culture, Society
8. The Political Scenario
9. Science, Ecology, Women
10. The Horizon of Hope
2012 Marx Beyond Marxism, Voice Books, Manjeri, Kerala
1. The Dialectical Method I
2. The Dialectical Method II
3. Man - A Dialectical Being
4. Alienation and the dialectic of History
5. The Materialist Conception of History
6. Whither Indian Communism?
Sebastian Kappen had been visiting professor to the Pontifical Seminary (Pune), Vidyajyoti (Delhi), The Catholic University of Louvain(Belgium), and Maryknoll Seminary (New York). He was engaged in a study of communalism and the Postmodernism debate, when Mother Earth called him back on 30 November 1993.
