Books, Articles by Rev. Fr. Aloysius Pieris S. J.
Books
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THE GENESIS OF AN ASIAN THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION
An Autobiographical Excursus on the Art of Theologizing in Asia
Tulana Jubilee Publications, Kelaniya 2013
PROVIDENTIAL TIMELINESS OF VATICAN II
A long-overdue halt to a scandalous millennium?
Tulana Jubilee Publications, Kelaniya 2013
FR FRANK’S CONFESSIONS
Seven Days From His Diary (Fiction)
Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo, 2013
OUR UNHIDDEN AGENDA
How We Jesuits Work, Pray and Form Our Men
Tulana Jubilee Publications, Kelaniya 2010
GIVE VATICAN II A CHANCE
Yes to Incessant Renewal, No to Reform of the Reforms
Tulana Jubilee Publications, Kelaniya 2010;
Second Edition; Claretian Publications, Bangalore, India, 2012
PSALMS, POEMS AND SONGS
Theographical Sketches from a Jesuit’s Diary
Tulana Publications, Kelaniya, 2006
PROPHETIC HUMOUR IN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Doing Inter-Religious Studies in the Reverential Mode
Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, Colombo, 2005
STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE OF PALI ABHIDHAMMIKA BUDDHISM
Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, Colombo, 2004
THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS AND THE DISCIPLESHIP OF MARY
An Asian Perspective
LOGOS (39), Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 2002.
MYSTICISM OF SERVICE
A short course on Christian Spirituality
Tulana Publications, Kelaniya, 2000
GOD’S REIGN FOR GOD’S POOR
A Return to the Jesus Formula
Tulana Jubilee Publications, Kelaniya,1999.
BRYAN DE KRETZER
Frontierless Christian and Servant of the Powerless
(The first Bryan de Kretzer Memorial Lecture delivered by Fr. Aloysius Pieris s.j. at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and organized by the Prithipura Infants Home on 2nd May 1998. (Published by the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue)
FIRE AND WATER
Basic Issues in Asian Buddhism and Christianity
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1996
LOVE MEETS WISDOM
A Christian Experience of Buddhism
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1988
AN ASIAN THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION
Faith meets Faith Series
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1988.
Articles Contained in An Asian Theology of Liberation (Lowe, 2012).
“Towards an Asian Theology of Liberation: Some Religio-Cultural Guidelines,” in:
Dialogue (NS), vol. 6, no.1-2, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1979, pp. 29-52. Also printed
as “Towards an Asian Theology of Liberation: Some Religio-Cultural Guidelines,” in:
V. Fabella (ed.), Asia’s Struggle for Full Humanity: Towards a Relevant Theology Orbis,
Maryknoll, N.Y., 1980, pp.75-95. [Reprinted in ATL pp. 69-86]
“Mission of the Local Church in Relation to Other Major Religious Traditions,” in:
SEDOS Bul. 5-7 (5, 92-96; 6, 103-109; 7, 123-127), 1982. It was a lecture given at the
SEDOS Seminar on “The Future of the Mission,” in Rome, March 1981. [Reprinted in
ATL, pp.35-50].
“The Place of Non-Christian Religions and Cultures in the Evolution of a Third World
Theology,” in: CCA-CTC Bul., 3, 1982, pp.43-61. [Reprinted in ATL, pp. 87-110].
“Speaking of the Son of God in Non-Christian Cultures, e.g., in Asia,” in: Concilium,
153, 3/1982, pp. 65-70. [Reprinted in ATL, pp.59-65].
“La espiritualidaden una perspective de liberación,” in: Vida y reflexión, Lima, 1983,
pp. 179-199 [Reprinted as Spirituality in a Liberative Perspective in ATL, pp. 3-14].
“Ideology and Religion: Some Debatable Points,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol. 10, 1983,
pp. 31 -41. [Reprinted in ATL, pp. 24-31].
“L’Asie non-sémitique face aux modèles occidentaux d’inculturation,” in: Lum vie, 33,
(1984, no, 168), pp. 50-62. First English version: “Western Models of Inculturation:
How Far are They Applicable in non-Semitic Asia?,” in: EAPR, vol.22, 1985, pp.116-
24. [Reprinted in ATL, pp. 51-58].
“To Be Poor as Jesus was Poor?,” in: Way (London), 24, 1984, pp.186-197. [Reprinted
in ATL, pp. 15-23].
“A Theology of Liberation in Asian Churches?,” in: Japan Miss. Bul., vol. 40, 1986,
pp. 165-179. [Reprinted in ATL, pp.111-126].
Articles Contained in Love Meets Wisdom: (Lowe, 2012)
“The Editorial: Buddhism as Doctrine, Institution, and Experience,” in: Dialogue (OS),
no. 27-28,1973, pp.1-22. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.45-60].
“The Legitimacy and the Limitations of the Academic Approach to Interfaith Dialogue,”
in: Dialogue (NS), vol. 1, no.2, 1974, pp. 39-43. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.3-7].
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“The Spirituality of the Buddhist Monk in Sri Lanka,” in: InFra (Fabiano) vol.27, 1977,
pp. 121-132. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.61-72].
“Doctrinal, Legal, and Cultural Factors in Buddhist-Christian Mixed Marriages,” in:
Dialogue (NS), vol.5, 1978, pp.91-107. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.97-109].
“Monastic Poverty in the Asian Setting,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol.7, 1980, pp.104-118.
[Reprinted in LMW, pp.89-96].
“Western Christianity and Asian Buddhism: A Theological Reading of Historical
Encounters,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol.7, 1980, pp.49-85. [First appeared as “Das
Christentum des Westens und die Religionen des Ostens”. It was a Paper presented to the
“German Theology Professors’ Seminar,” organized by the Protestant Association for
World Mission (Evangelisches Missionswerk), at Bossey, Switzerland, Sept. 17, 1978.
[Revised and reprinted in LMW, pp.17-42].
“Political Vision of the Buddhists,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol.11, 1984, pp.6-14. It was a
talk given at the seminar, “A search for an Alternative Form of Democratic Politics in
Asia,” Hong Kong, May 1982 sponsored by the CCA. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.73-79].
“Buddhism as a Challenge to Christianity,” in: Concilium, vol. 183, 1/1986, pp. 60-66.
[Reprinted in LMW, pp.83-88].
“Christianity and Buddhism in Core-to Core Dialogue,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol.13,
1986, pp. 52-93. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.110-135].
“Editorial Essay: East in the West: Resolving a Spiritual Crisis,” in: Horizons, vol.15,
1988, pp. 337-346. [Reprinted in LMW, pp.8-16].
Articles contained in Fire & Water : (Lowe, 2012)
“Inter-religious Dialogue and Theology of Religions: An Asian Paradigm,” in: EAPR,
vol.29, no. 4, 1992. [Reprinted in FW, pp.154-161].
“Is there a Place for Christ in Asia,” in: Concilium, 1993/2, pp. 33-47. [Reprinted as
“Does Christ Have a Place in Asia,” in: FW, pp.65-78].
Three Inadequacies in the Social Encyclicals,” in: VJTR, vol. 57, no.2, 1993, pp.73-
94. [The original version of this paper was presented at the Asian Seminar on Future
of Catholic Social Thought, Hong Kong, 1992. [Reprinted in FW, pp. 79-96]
“Whither New Evangelism?,” in: Pacifica, vol. 6, no.3, 1993, pp. 327-334. [Reprinted
in FW, pp. 147-153]
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“Inculturation in Aisa: A Theological Reflection on an Experience,” in: JKTh,
Missionswissenschaftliches Institut Missio e. V., Aachen, 1994, pp. 59-71. [Reprinted in
FW, pp.127-136].
“The Problem of Universality and Inculturation with regard to Patterns of Theological
Thinking,” in: Concilium, 1994/6, pp.70-79. [Reprinted in FW, pp.138-46].
Articles contained in G.VatII.C. (I cite only the articles consulted in the thesis):
“The Roman Catholic Perception of other Churches and other Religions after the
Vatican’s Dominus Jesus,” in: EAPR, vol.38, no.1, 2001, pp. 207-230. First published
in Gleanings (Colombo), vol. 20, no.1 Jan-March 2001, pp.7-19. [Reprinted in G.VatII.
C., pp. 127-156].
“Two There Are, Your Holiness: Suggestions for the next Pope’s Agenda in Line with
John Paul II’s Invitation in Ut Unum Sint”, in: EAPR, vol.41, no.3, 2004. Originally
published in Italian as “Ci sono due cose Santitá” in: Luigi de Pauli & Luigi Sandri
(eds.), L’agenda del Nuovo Papa. Dai cinque continenti ipotesi dopo Woytila, editori
riuniti, 2002, 193-217. [Reprinted in G.VatII.C., pp.95-125].
“Vatican II: A ‘Crisigenic’ Council with an Unwritten Agenda,” in: EAPR, vol. 42,
nos.1/2, 2005, pp.7-25. [Reprinted in G.VatII.C., pp.69-94].
“The Priest, the Liturgy, and the Church: Some Thoughts for the Year for Priest,” in:
EAPR, vol. 46, no.3, 2009, pp.217-238. [Revised and reprinted in G.VatII.C., pp.157-
197].
Other Selected Articles by Aloysius Pieris (Lowe,2012)
“The Church, the Kingdom, and the Other Religions,” in: Dialogue (OS), SCRS, Colombo, Sri Lanka, no.22, Oct. 1970, pp.3-7.
“God-Talk and God Experience in a Christian Perspective,” in: Dialogue (NS), EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, vol.2, 1975, pp.116-128.
“The Editorial: The Revered Father Michael Rodrigo,” in: Dialogue (NS), vol.15, nos. 1-3, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1988, pp.1-6.
“Christology in Asia: A Reply to Felipe Gomez,” in: VTW, 11/2, 1989, pp.155-172.
*Universality of Christianity?,” in: VJTR, vol.57, no.10, 1993, pp. 591-95. Points for discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors and Advisors of Concilium, Madrid, June 4 1993.
Inculturation: Some Critical Reflections,” in: VJTR, vol. 57, no. 11, 1993. pp. 641- 651. [An address given to the Presbyterium of the Kandy Diocese on 26th July, 1993 published in Miss. Oblate, no.7, 1993, pp. 47-58. A revised version appears in JKTh, Missionswissenchaftliches Institut Missio e. V., Aachen, 1993, 133-145].
“Inculturation as a Missionary/Evangelical Presence in a Religiously Plural Society: Two Examples from Sri Lanka,” in: EAPR, vol.32, no.1, 1995, pp.81-86.
“Dialogue and Distrust Between Buddhist and Christians: A Report on the Catholic Church’s Experience in Sri Lanka,” in: Dialogue (NS), EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, vol. 22, 1995, pp. 104-121.
“The Mahāpurisa Ideal and the Principal of Dual Authority,” [Review Article on Venerable Dr. Bellanwila Wimalaratana’s Treatise on The Concept of Great Man (Mahāpurisa)], in: Dialogue (NS), vol. XXIII, 1996, pp. 168-175.
“Millenniarist Messianism in Buddhist History,” in: Concilium, September-October, 1998/4, pp. 106-15.
“The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka during the First Fifty Years of the Country’s Independence (1948-1998),” in: Dialogue (NS), vols. 25-26, 1998-1999, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 248-296.
“Christ Beyond Dogma: Doing Christology in the Context of the Religions and the Poor,” in: Louvain Studies, vol.25, 2000, pp. 187-231.
“The Christhood of Jesus and the Discipleship of Mary: An Asian Perspective,” in: Logos, vol. 39, no.3, CSR, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2000, pp.1-115
“Prophetic Humour in Buddhist and Christianity,” in: Dialogue (NS), EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, vol. 31, 2004, pp.1-150.
“‘I Believe in the Holy Spirit’: Ecumenism in the Churches and the Unfinished Agenda of the Holy Spirit,” in: EAPR, vol.42, nos.1/2, 2005, pp.96-121.
“The Asian Reality and the Christian Option: A Plea for a Paradigm Shift in Christian Education in Asia,” in: Dialogue (NS), vols. 32 & 33, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2005- 2006, pp. 158-196.
“Two Mission Mandates Calling for Conversion,” in: Dialogue (NS), vols. 32 & 33, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2005-2006, pp.1-57.
“The Holy Spirit and Asia’s Religiousness,” Spiritus, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, vol., no.2, 2007, pp.126-142.
"I Learnt the ABC of Inter-Religious Dialogue,” in: Vāgadevῑ, The Society of Jesus, Sri Lankan Province, Colombo, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp.30-31.
“What on Earth is God Doing with Us?: A Search for Authentic Christian Theism,” in: Gleanings, EISD, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January-June, 2008, pp.3-16.
“The New Quest for Asian Christian Identity: Guidelines from the Pioneers of the Past,” in: EAPR, vol. 46, no. 1, 2009, pp. 13-32.
“The Priest, the Liturgy, and the Church,” in: EAPR, vol.46, no.3, 2009, pp.221-24.
Edited Works of Aloysius Peiris (Lowe, 2012)
“The Non-Semitic Religions of Asia,” in: Mary Motte and Joseph R. Lang (eds.), Mission in Dialogue: The SEDOS Research Seminar on The Future of Mission, March 8-19, 1981, Rome, Italy, Orbis, Maryknoll, N.Y., 1982, pp. 426-441. [Reprinted in ATL, pp.35-50].
“Two Encounters in My Theological Journey,” in: Sugirtharajah, R.S., (ed.),
Frontiers in Asian Christian Theology: Emerging Trends, Orbis, Maryknoll, N.Y., 1994, pp.141-146. [Revised and reprinted in: Prophetic Humour in Buddhism and Christianity published as Dialogue, vol.31, 2005, pp.8-21].
“The Buddha and the Christ: Mediators of Liberation,” in: John Hick and Paul F. Knitter (eds.), The Myth of Christian Uniqueness: Towards a Pluralistic Theology of Religions, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N.Y., 1987, pp. 162-177.
Unpublished Works of Aloysius Pieris (Lowe, 2012)
A Theography of my Life (ms), unpublished autobiography, Tulana Research Centre (TRC), Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
“A Liberation Christology of Religious Pluralism,” (ms), TRC, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.This is an amended, expanded and more accurately formulated version of an article originally written for the Lieve Troch Felicitation Volume and published in Portuguese, in Theologias com sabor de Mangostao, Nhanduti Editora Sao Bernadino de Campo, 2009, pp. 151-160.
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