Building Bridges Seminar

Rev. Dr. Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar is the programme executive for interreligious dialogue and cooperation at the World Council of Churches, focused on relations with followers of Eastern religious traditions (primarily Hinduism and Buddhism). Previously he was associate professor of Christian social ethics and director of field education at the United Theological College in Bangalore, India. Rajkumar has published widely on interreligious dialogue, Christian ethics, mission, religious fundamentalism, post-colonialism, and world Christianity. He is author of Challenges of Transition: Religion and Ethics in Changing Contexts (2008); Dalit Theology and Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms and Perspectives (2010); and Doing Dialogue ‘Other-Wise’ (WCC, forthcoming). He is editor of Asian Theology on the Way (2012); Foundations for Mission (2013); Mission At and From the Margins: Patterns, Protagonists and Perspectives (2014); and Many Yet One: Multiple Religious Belonging (2016). He holds a Ph.D. in applied theology and ethics from the University of Kent at Canterbury.