Publications of Fr Joseph Lobo SJ

By : Fr Joseph Lobo SJ - M. A, M.Th, Ph.D

Books

  1. Encountering Jesus Christ in India, ATC publications, Bangalore, 2005 (Doctoral dissertation titled: A METAPHORICAL CHRISTOLOGICAL DISCOURSE IN INDIA: An Alternative Way of Doing Christology in a Cry-for-Life Situation Based on the Writings of George M. Soares-Prabhu)
  2. Searching Christology through an Asian optic, (co-ed), Forum for South Asian Jesuit Theologians, Vol. 1, ISPCK, Delhi, 2017.
  3. Fundamentalism in Religions (co-ed), Forum for South Asian Jesuit Theologians Vol. 2, ISPCK, Delhi, 2018

Articles

2005

  1. “EUCHARIST IS NOT JUST THE MASS”, in JIVAN, October, 2005
  2. “IN MY MEMORY: Eucharist and Memory, in THE NEW LEADER, Vol, 118, No. 19, October 1-15, 2005.

2006

  1. “A METHOD FOR DOING THEOLOGY IN A CRY-FOR-LIFE SITUATION”: Tracing the Methodological Considerations of George M. Soares-Prabhu S.J., in WORD AND WORSHIP, Vol.39, No.4, July-October, 2006, pp. 241-255.
  2. “DYNAMICS OF METAPHOR AND IMAGINATION IN THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, in IGNIS, 2006:2, pp.29-41
  3. “IN SEARCH OF TRUE WORSHIP: A Cross-textual reading of Jn 4:19-26 and Vacana 821:25”, in Vidyajyothi Journal of Theological Reflection, Vol. 70, No. 11, November, 2006, pp.827-844
  4. “DARIDRA NARĀYAŅA (GOD THE POOR)”, in G. Gispert-Sauch SJ (ed), Gems from India, ISPCK, 2006.
  5. “PRACTICE OF JUSTICE AS PRACTICE OF RELIGION: A Critique of Religion from the Perspective of Justice with a Special Reference to Christianity” in SAMSARG: Journal of Mangalore Diocesan Chair in Christianity, Mangalore, Vol. XII, 2006, pp. 72-87

2008

  1. “MYTHICIZATION OF HISTORY AND HISTORICIZATION OF MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGIES: Interplay of Religion and Politics and its Significance for a Liberative Religious Discourse and Praxis in Asia, Vidyajyothi Journal of Theological Reflections, Vol. 72, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 22-37
  2. “JESUS CHRIST IN THE KANNADA POEM ‘GOLGOTHA’: Deciphering a Way of Doing Contextual Christology from a Poem in Jhampe Meter on the Last Day of Jesus by Govinda Pai (1883-1963)” in JEEVADHARA, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 225, May, 2008, pp. 199-222
  3. “A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BRAHMABHANDAV UPADHYAYA’S VISION OF BEING HINDU BY CULTURE AND CHRISTIAN BY FAITH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE TODAY”, in SAMSARG, Mangaloe University Mangalore Diocesan Chair in Christianity Journal, Vol. XIV, 2008, pp. 52-60

2009

  1. “St. Paul: An Organic Intellectual, A Marginal Native and a Cross-Cultural Hermeneut, in Journal of Indian Theology, Vol 2, No 3, September – December, 2009, pp 45-69.

2010

  1. “A PUBLIC PROPERTY CALLED PRIEST”, in JNANADEEPA PUNE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Vol.13, No.2, July 2010, pages 6-35.

2011

  1. “HISTORICIZING THEOLOGY AND THEOLOGIZING ON HISTORY: A Critical Appraisal of the centrality of the ‘historical’ in Sebastian Kappen’s Theological Legacy”, in JOURNAL OF INDIAN THEOLOGY, Vol. IV, No.1, January - April, 2011, pp.59-76.

2013

  1. “RELIGIOUS FUDAMENTALISM AND CRITICAL THINKING”, in VIDYAJYOTHI JOURNAL FOR THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS, Vol. 77, No. 1, January, 2013, pp. 35-45.
  2. Some Religious Anthropologies and Their Implications, Journal of Indian Theology VOL VI, No.1 (May - August) 2013, pp. 27-52
  3. Discernment as a Hermeneutical Process: An interdisciplinary study, IGNIS, Quarterly/ No. 2013.1/ Vol. XLIII, No.1. 35-70.
  4. "What does It Mean to Have Faith?",Aikya Samiksha Theological Journal,  Vol 10, No 1&2 (October 2013): 9-29.

2014

  1. “An old way of being Church: Contours of Johannine Ecclesiology – Lessons for our times”, VJTR, Vol. 78, No. 3, March 2014, 214-227.
  2. "When the Slain Lamb Stands Up to the Eagle and the Fox: Jesus and the religio-political leaders", Jeevadhara, Vol. XLIV, No. 261, May, 2014, pp. 9-33.
  3. “…Not enough to be a good Samaritan: The Church’s response to Growing Inequalities and Religious Fundamentalism”, in Globalisation and Response of the Churches, eds. Alphonsus D’Sourza, O L Snaitang, Limatual Longkumer, North Eastern Social Research Center, Guwahati, 2014, 97-130
  4. “Stealing the words from one another: A case against preaching downloaded homilies”, VJTR, vol. 78, No. 7, July 2014, 53-68.
  5. “NATURE, DYNAMICS AND PRAXIS OF FAITH, REASON AND WISDOM: Theological Perspectives”, Jnanadeepa: Pune journal of religious studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, January, 2014, 136-157.

2015

  1. “To transform or to deform! The urgency of ongoing formation: Prospects and Perspective”, in Vinayasādhana – Dharmaram Journal of Psycho-Spiritual Formation, Vol. VI, No. 1, January, 2015, 22-36.
  2. "Challenges for Religious Life in India Today", Word and Worship, Vol. 48, No. 1, January-March, 2015, pp.42-54.
  3. "Biblical Shalom as a Paradigm of Peace and Harmony Today", VJTR, Vol. 79, No. 4, April, 2015, pp. 264-276
  4. “Not Just Excellence – but Ignatian Excellence: Non-negotiables for Jesuit Higher Education”, JIVAN: News and Views of Jesuits in India, May-June, 2015, pp. 15-16.

2016

  1. “Mission of the Church according to Samuel Rayan”, in The Vision of New Church and a New Society: A Scholarly Assessment of Dr. Samuel Rayan’s Contribution to Indian Christian Theology, Kurien Kunnumpuram SJ (ed), Christian World Imprints, 2016, pp. 149-171.
  2. “Let justice roll down like waters, and mercy like an ever-flowing stream”, Mangalore Seminary Journal, 2016.
  3.  “Mercy and Justice: The Warp and Woof of Human Life”, VJTR, Vol. 80, No. 4, April, 2016, pp. 265-284.

2017

  29 a. "Misericordia y justicia. La Trama Fundamental de La Vida del Hombre", in Selecciones de Teologia, Vol 56, No. 221, 2017, pp. 71-79 (Spanish version of "Mercy and       Justice: The Warp and Woof of Human Life" (publ in VJTR, April 2016). 

  1. “Universal mission or universal availability?”, JIVAN, March, 2017, 22.
  2. “Resurrection of the body and Asian realities”, in Searching Christology through an Asian optic, (co-ed), ISPCk, Delhi, 2017, 60-106.
  3. “Imaginatively Faithful and Faithfully Imaginative: Role of Imagination in Theology – Part I”, VJTR, Vol. 81, No, 9, September, 2017

“Imaginatively Faithful and Faithfully Imaginative: Role of Imagination in Theology – Part II”, VJTR, Vol. 81, No, 10, September, 2017, 764-788.

  1. “What has active imagination to do with marginality?”, IGNIS, Vol. XLVII, No. III, 2017, 35-52
  2. “Understanding the Tension between the Charismatic and Hierarchical Gifts from a Socio-Theological Perspective”, Journal of Indian Theology, Vol, X, No. 3, Sept-Dec, 2017, 13-30.
  3. “Towards an Interreligious Dialogical Theologizing in India: Its Presuppositions, Prerequisites and Implications”, in Mathew Jayanth SJ (ed), Indian Theologies in Search of Methods and Models for Theologizing, Christian World Imprints, New Delhi, 2017, 85-117.

2018

  1. Reformation and Jesuits… Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, IGNIS, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, 2018, pp. 25-35.
  2. “When Public Faith Discords with Professional Exegesis...”, in K. Henry Jose (ed.), Becoming Human - Becoming Christ: Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Dr. Jacob Parappally MSFS, Bengaluru, ATC Publishers, 2018, 242-253.
  3. “Reformation and Jesuits…Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, IGNIS, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, 2018, pp. 25-35.
  4. “Historicizing liturgy and liturgizing history”, Third Millennium: Indian Journal of Evangelization, XXI (2018),2 April – June.
  5. "Prophetic Leadership: One among many roles or a model for all roles'?, Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies, Vol 22, No. 2, July-Dec, 2018, 29-50.

2019

41. “Towards A Theological Deconstruction of Religio-Cultural Nationalism – PART I”, VJTR, 83, no.2 , February, (2019) 96-105.

Joseph Lobo, “Towards a Theological Deconstruction of Religio-Cultural Nationalism – Part II”, Volume 83, No. 3, March 2019, 170-191.

41a. “CONTRO IL NAZIONALISMO RELIGIOSO”, in La Civiltà Cattolica 2020 II, 4080 (20 giu/4 lug 2020), pp. 521-533.

Reviews of this article were published in the following journals:

Avvenire; AgenSir; Globalist; Il Foglio and L’Osservatore Romano during 18-20 of June 2020; CRUX on 23rd June; The Catholic Universe, on 24th June.

42. "St. Oscar Romero: A Prophetic Pastor of our Times ", VJTR, Vol. 83, No. 4, April, 2019, 281-307.

42a. “San Oscar Romero: Un Pastor Profético De Nuestro Tiempo”, Selecciones de Teología n.234 (April-June 2020).

43. "The Caravan of Theologizing in India", in Raj Irudaya, Roy Lazar (ed.s) Today: Voices of Indian Theologians - A Tribute to the Ruby-Jubilee of the Indian Theological Association, ATC Publ, Bangalore, 2019, pp.236-242.

44. "Towards a Theological Deconstruction of Religio-Cultural Nationalism", in Joy K. Pulikan (ed.), Challenges of Religious Nationalism in India Today: A Theological Response, ATC Publ, Bangalore, 2019, pp. 223-256.

45. “Ecclesia in Asia: So far and Henceforth”, VJTR, Vol 83, No. 12, Dec, 2019, 882-895.

2020

46. “Populism and Sacralization of Politics -The Plagues of Our Times: Towards and Integral Response,” in N.J. Kalambukattu and B. Thettayil, ed., The Stunned Populace - Religio-Political Manoeuvres in India: A Theological Response, Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2020, 89-115.

47. “The Human Desire for a Higher Being”, in Konrad Noronha SJ (ed), Spirituality in Practice:Thematic Frameworks for Counseling, Cognella Academic Publishing, San Diago, CA, 2020, 15-26.

48. “Sighs and Signs of our Times: How Shall we Read Them?”, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection,Vol.84/8, August 2020, 580-600 (22-42)

49. “The Global Tsunami of Populism, Dictatorship of Market and Fascism: Can the Church Speak out?”, Journal of Indian Theology X11I, 2 (May- August, 2020), 25- 46.

50. "Covid-19: A Blessing in Disguise? - A Theological Response", Dhyana Journal of Religion and Spirituality, Vol 25, No. 2, October, 2020, 33-47.

51. “Can the Church Speak Out? Pope Francis’ Aggiornomento for Greater Global Involvement”, in Francis Gonsalves, Arjen Tete, Dinesh Braganza (eds), Towards Renewing Church and World: Revisiting Vatican Council II through the Eyes of Pope Francis, Delhi: JD/ISPCK Theological Publications -1, 2020, 215-236.

2021

  1. “For wealth chasers, liberation theology is Marxist. For others, it’s justice and freedom”, The Print, 20 July, 2021. https://theprint.in/opinion/for-wealth-chasers-liberation-theology-is-marxist-for-others-its-justice-and-freedom/699101/

Reprinted as Joseph Lobo SJ, “Hidden Agenda behind Linking Liberation Theology with Marxism” Indian Currents, Vol. XXXIII Issue 32   02-08 August 2021, 9-11.

  1. “A Dream with a Difference: Challenges of Querida Amazonia to the Traditional Ecclesial Approaches”, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflections Vol 85, No. 8, August, 2021, pp. 214-224.
  2. “SOSPIRI E SEGNI DEI NOSTRI TEMPI: COME LEGGERLI?”, La Civilta Cattolica, Sommario 4107-4108, 7 ago/4 set 2021, Quindicinale Anno 172, pp. 209-220.
  3. “Interreligious Dialogue and Human Fraternity”, Goodness Times, https://www.goodnesstimes.org/post/interreligious-dialogue-and-human-fraternity, 2021
  1. “Theological Foundations of a Cross-Creedal Encounter: Implications for Christian Mission”, Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ (ed), Encountering, Experiencing and Enabling: Towards a World-Church, Inspired by Prof Lothar Lies, SJ, (Dehli: ISPCK 2021), 154-172.
  2. “Fr. Pedro Arrupe: The second Ignatius?: Arrupe and Ignatian adaptability”, Ignis, No 2020.1, Vol. XLXII No.1, 14-34.

2022

  1. “To Believe is to be Vulnerable: The ‘disadvantages’ of being a believer”, Vidya Jyothi Journal of Theological Reflections 86 (2022), 8-19.

"CREDERE SIGNIFICA ESSERE VULNERABILI: Gli «svantaggi» dell’essere credenti", La Civilta Cattolica, 7/21 maggio Quindicinale Anno 173, 2022, pp. 209-22

  1. “The Socio-cultural Substratum of Human Psyche and Spirituality” (Part I) Ignis, Vol LIII, No. IV, 2021, 64-80. Part II in Ignis, Vol LIV, No. 1, 2022, 65-80.
  2. "Synodality in the Public Square: Synodality, Postmodern Consciousness, Majoritarianism and Public Rationality”, in Third Millennium, XXV (2022) 1, 6-19.
  3. “What has modern business to do with Ignatian Spirituality”, JIVAN, July 2022.
  4. "Towards a Theology of Subaltern Mythicization", Journal of Indian Theology, Vol. XV, No. 1, January - April, 2022, 28-50.
  5. “St Ignatius and Priestly Theological Formation”, The Cannon Ball: A Coffee table book by the St. Paul’s Jesuits of the Goa Province, 41-44. 
  6. "The Silence of God:  An Incarnational Response", Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflections, 86 (2022), 808-830.
  7. “Logos Protreptikos – God’s Incarnate Persuasive Love: A Theological Model of Loving Persuasion, Journal of Indian Theology, Vol XV, No. 3, September – December, 2022, 59-77.

2023

64 a. Reprinted: "The Silence of God: An Incarnational Response," in Re-discovering Inigo the Pilgrim in South Asianness, ed, Elil Rajendram SJ, (Delhi, India: ISPCK, 2023), pp. 125-149.

64 b. Reprinted as abridged version: “Il Silenzio Di Dio” in La Civiltà Cattolica 2023 II | 4148 (15 apr/6 mag 2023), pp. 108-121

66. ಜೋಸೆಫ್ ಲೋಬೋ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವನಾ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ, ದೇವರ ವಾಕ್ಯ [ದೇಯಿ ವೇರ್ಬು ಮ್ ]: ವ್ಯಾಟಿಕನ್ ಈ ಮಹಾಸಭೆಯ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಅಧಿಕಾರಯುತ ಬೋಧನೆ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರಾಂತೀಯ ಬೈಬಲ್ ಆಯೋಗ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, 2023.

67 “A Green Pope and a Green Bishop: Two Inspiring Legacies”, Joskiran (A Bi-Annual Journal of St Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore), Vol 20, No. 2, August 2023, pp. 24-37.

68. “Re-telling the Story of Jesus in our Context in the Spirit of Synodality”, Third Millennnium, Vol XXVI, No 3, 2023, pp. 78-89.

2024

69. “Costly freedom: Anchoring the Indian Constitution in the Spiritual Resources of Religions in India”, in VJ Swarnajayanti (1972-2022): The Role of Theology in Nation-Building, ed. Edwin Rodrigues SJ (VCT/ ISPCK: Delhi, 2024), 124-152.