Karnataka Theological College

Karnataka Theological College
Established	1965
Type	Seminary
Academic affiliation	Senate of Serampore College, Serampore 712 201, Hooghly District, West Bengal,
Location	Balmatta, Mangalore 575 001, Karnataka, India
Principal	H. R. Cabral, CSI
Website	http://www.kaces.org/KTC/homepage

Karnataka Theological College (founded in 1965) 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,^[1] the Senate of Serampore College.

History

The Karnataka Theological College was founded in 1965 with the coming together of two distinct theological seminaries,

• the Union Kanarese Seminary (UKS) founded in 1912^[2] in Tumkur, and
• the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary (BEMTS) founded in 1847 in Mangalore.^[3]

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 Priniting 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

List of Principalships (Period, Name of the Principal )
1965–1967, Rev. Dr. R. Scheuermeier[4] 1967–1983, Rev. Dr. C. D. Jathanna, 1983–1991, Rev. Dr. C. L. Furtado, 1991–2009, Rev. Dr. J. S. Sadananda, 2009–Present, Rev. Dr. H. R. Cabral

• Old Testament
  • Rev. D. Dhanaraj
  • Rev. K. S. Sunder Raj^[5]
• New Testament
  • Rev. D. R. Sadananda
  • Rev. S. S. Salins
• Systematic Theology
  • Rev. H. M. Watson
• History of Religions
  • Rev. D. I. Hans
• Christian Ministry
  • Rev. H. R. Cabral
  • Rev. F. Anilkumar
• Women's Studies
  • Rev. R. A. Watson
• History of Christianity
  • Rev. P. C. James
  • Dr. Gladson Jathanna^[6]
  • Rt. Rev. C. L. Furtado (Professor Emeritus)
• Social analysis
  • Rev. Mohan Manoraj (Visiting Faculty)
  • V. Basil Hans (Associate Professor/Guest Faculty)
• Science and Religion
  • Prakash Karat
• English Literature and Culture
  • Charles Furtado
• Missions and Reformation History
  • Rev. H. S. Wilson (Visiting Professor)

See also

• United Theological College (Bangalore)
• Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai
• Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai
• Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad
• Kerala United Theological Seminary, Thiruvananthapuram
• University Grants Commission of India
• Union Biblical Seminary, Pune

References

1. Murli Manohar Joshi, Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008.
2. Godwin Shiri, Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India, KTC, Mangalore, 1985, pp.102–105.
3. 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.
4. Corinna Waltz, Honorary doctorate for Robert Scheuermeier, 7 March 2013.
5. K. Sagar Sunder 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.
6. UTC Blogspot: July 2014