Kambar Manickam

In the 1970s, Manickam researched on Yoga as a means for finding Christ, thereby espousing the cause for a Christian Yoga and its contribution to Indian Christian spirituality.Michael Barnes, Interreligious Learning: Dialogue, Spirituality and the Christian Imagination, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, p.135.[https://books.google.com/books?id=DCZd2_hjqkwC&dq=Toward+an+Indian+Christian+spirituality+%3A+A+case+for+Christian+yoga&pg=PA135] During the successive decades, Research scholars have also espoused the cause of Yoga as a means to find oneness with Jesus Christ. Justin O'Brien (1996),Justin O'Brien, A Meeting of Mystic Paths: Christianity and Yoga, Yes International Publishers, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1996.[https://books.google.com/books?id=MQXCC_eXuQwC&dq=Toward%20an%20Indian%20Christian%20spirituality%20%3A%20A%20case%20for%20Christian%20yoga&pg=PP1] finds that oneness with God could be attained only through Jesus Christ for which he quotes Swami Rama, who found that Yoga was the only means in attaining it. Susan Bordenkirche (2006)Susan Bordenkirche, Yoga for Christians: A Christ-Centered Approach to Physical and Spiritual health through Yoga, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 2006. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iLwxYISGEUUC&dq=Toward%20an%20Indian%20Christian%20spirituality%20%3A%20A%20case%20for%20Christian%20yoga&pg=PR4] has called for a Christ-centric Yoga while Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam. (2015)Cyprian Consiglio, Spirit, Soul, Body: Toward an Integral Christian Spirituality, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 2015.[https://books.google.com/books?id=s0_DCAAAQBAJ&dq=Toward%20an%20Indian%20Christian%20spirituality%20%3A%20A%20case%20for%20Christian%20yoga&pg=PP3] had strived for a revisitation of Indian spirituality as strived by Bede Griffiths, OSB Cam., Henri Le Saux, OSB and others with special reference to Yoga.

Muthyala Theophilus, CBCNC (1895-1946) then Senator of the Senate of Serampore College (University) was the pivot for the formation of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars as a direct Indian successor of the Canadian Baptist Ministries in Andhra Pradesh and towed the line of Indian ethos in Missiological leadership in India and had been more practical that saw periodical reduction in overseas contribution to the missions in India. Similarly, the Bible Society of India, since the 1960s was also instrumental from the time of the rural Pastor, A. E. Inbanathan, CSI in being able to tide over overseas support and build up contributions from within the country by means of an effective fund raising system.

James A. Berquist who once taught at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Madras, together with Kambar Manickam brought out a study in 1976 entitled The crisis of dependency in third world ministries: a critique of inherited missionary forms in India, that sought to see the volume of dependency on partner countries and build up the case for indigenous support for the Christian mission in India. P. Solomon Raj, AELC (2003),P. Solomon Raj, New Wine Skins: The Story of the Indigenous Missions in coastal Andhra Pradesh, published by the ISPCK, New Delhi for the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies, Madras, 2003. Roger E. Hedlund, SBM (1999)Roger E. Hedlund, Christian History from the Under Side: Indian Instituted Churches and Indigenous Christianity, Keynote address, Conference on Subaltern Perspectives on Seminary Training, Centre for Dalit Solidarity, Dharmaram College, Bangalore, 23 October 1998, Cited in P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of Indigenous Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2003, p.157. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bxdu1WT-_X8C&q=hedlund&pg=PA157] had also conducted studies on the new and indigenous Churches in India that were centred around Gospel but independent of any western influence which even the Old Testament Scholar Victor Premasagar, CSI (2003) heaped praises on such indigenous missions as not only espousing the Gospel but also the Indian ethos.

• 1972, Toward an Indian Christian spirituality : A case for Christian yoga,P. Kambar Manickam, Toward an Indian Christian spirituality : A case for Christian Yoga, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1972.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796091676]
• 1976 (with James A. Bergquist), The crisis of dependency in third world ministries: a critique of inherited missionary forms in India,James A. Bergquist, P. Kambar Manickam, The crisis of dependency in third world ministries: a critique of inherited missionary forms in India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1976.[https://books.google.com/books?id=R_48AAAAIAAJ&q=coimbatore+district]
• 1977, Yoga, Zen and Psychotherapy: Their relevance for Pastoral Counselling,P. Kambar Manickam, Yoga, Zen and Psychotherapy: Their relevance for Pastoral Counselling in Japanese Religions, Volumes 10-12, 1977, pp.14-33.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LVswAAAAMAAJ&q=peter+kambar+manickam]
• 1979, Mental Health and Meditation,Kambar Manickam, Mental Health and Meditation in Religion and Society, Volume XXVI, Number 2, June 1979, pp.14-20. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VO0nAAAAYAAJ&q=Kambar]
• 1990 (with Christoffer Grundmann and Daniel Manohar), Selected writings of Martin Luther (Tamil) - Volume 1,Christoffer Grundmann, Kambar Manickam, Daniel Manohar, Selected writings of Martin Luther in (Tamil), Volume 1, Tamil Theological Book Club, Madurai, 1990.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476551663]
• 1994 (with Christoffer Grundmann), Selected writings of Martin Luther (Tamil) - Volume 2,Christoffer Grundmann, P. Kambar Manickam, Selected writings of Martin Luther in Tamil, Volume 2, Tamil Theological Book Club, Madurai, 1994.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/833416389]

After general studies leading to graduation at the University of Madras, Madras, Kambar Manickam entered the ministry of the Church as a ministerial candidate of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC), the direct successor of the first Protestant missionDaniel Jeyaraj, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, the Father of Modern Protestant Mission: An Indian Assessment, ISPCK/GLTC, New Delhi/Madras, 2006.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CZYAOyJ-6SMC&dq=writings+on+ziegenbalg&pg=PR3] founded by Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and underwent Spiritual formation at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University), founded by the Baptist missions led by Joshua Marshman, William Carey and William Ward, and was ordained by the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) and served as a Priest.

During 1971-1973, Manickam underwent advanced spiritual studies at the Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota specializing in Pastoral counseling studying along with M. Victor Paul, AELC.

Manickam pastored parishes within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church Society for nearly eight years'.

Manickam was a Pastoral counseling Teacher at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai and became Principal in 1987 succeeding the Old Testament Scholar, Gnana Robinson, CSI and stepped down in 1998[http://rereadingthebible.com/author.html Dhyanchand Carr, Invitation to reread the Bible] on attaining superannuation paving way for the New Testament Scholar, Dhyanchand Carr, CSI who succeeded him as Principal.

In 1995, Manickam participated in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva as a representative of the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary.United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Forty-sixth session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Geneva, 16–20 October 1995.[http://www.unhcr.org/3ae68d810.pdf]

By virtue of being the Principal at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Manickam became an Ex officio member of the Senate of Serampore College (University), the nation's firstSankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. Internet, accessed 30 November 2008. [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956{{cite web|title=UGC Act-1956|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/ugc_act.pdf|website=mhrd.gov.in/|publisher=Secretary, University Grants Commission|accessdate=1 February 2016}}}The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/history/u-g-c-and-serampore-college/]with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal coinciding with the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan, IPC, and as a Senate Commission member, he along with Gnana Robinson, CSI, had visited the Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College, Shamshabad in Telangana in the 1990s for looking into the case for feasibility of affiliation of the College to the University and also revisiting the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Secunderabad for conducting periodical affiliation regimen at the Andhra Christian Theological College during the Principalship of R. Yesurathnam, CSI coinciding with the presence of the founding member of the Association of Theologically Trained Women in India,[https://books.google.com/books?id=SgN0HAAACAAJ&q=association+of+theologically+trained+women+of+india+handbook ATTWI Handbook] Johanna Rose Ratnavathi,K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1998. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yCvXPgAACAAJ&q=Directory+of+the+United+Theological+College+1910%E2%80%931997] AELC.Peoples Reporter, Volume 26, Issue 5, 2013, p.8.[https://www.si-ekd.de/download/PR_26-05.pdf]

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