Mangalore (Karnataka), buried in CSI-Gorigudda Cemetery, Mangalore.
Nationality
Indian
Other names
Dhanaraj Ayyagaru
Citizenship
India
Education
B.Sc. (Madurai),[5]
B. D. (Serampore),[9]
M.Th. (Serampore),[9]
Dr. Phil. (Osnabrück)[9]
Alma mater
American College, Madurai (Tamil Nadu),
United Theological College, Bangalore (Karnataka),[10]
Missions academy at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany),[11]
School of Educational and Cultural Studies[6] at the University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück (Germany)[12]
Occupation(s)
Pastor and Teacher
Years active
1974-2015
Religion
Christianity
Church
Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England)
Writings
1977,Towards a fruitful living,[1]
1978,The relationship of man to God as expressed in the piety of selected Psalms,[2]
1992,Theological significance of the motif of enemies in selected psalms of individual lament,
2007,Structural Approach to Psalm Exegesis: Psalm 8 and 54 as Examples,[3]
2008,A Survey of the History of Old Testament Theology[4]
Congregations served
Pollibetta and Kushalanagar
Offices held
Teacher - in - Old Testament, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore (1978-2015),
Principal, Moegling Institute of German Language, Mangalore (1992-2015)
Title
The Reverend Doctor
Dharmakkan Dhanaraj (18 December 1950[5][7]– 16 October 2017)[8] was an Indian Old Testament scholar who taught at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a seminary established in 1965[13] and affiliated to the nation's first[14] university, the Senate of Serampore College (University).
After serving more than 40 years for the cause of spiritual formation and the teaching of German language studies, through the Karnataka Theological College and the Moegling Institute for German Language, both in Mangalore, Dhanaraj died on Monday, 16 October 2017[8] in Mangalore[8] after a brief illness and his funeral mass was conducted at 16:00 hours[8] on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, by Bishop emeritus John Sadananda, CSI, at the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral,[8] Balmatta, Mangalore in the presence of Sydney Salins, CSI, H. R. Cabral, CSI, Annie Watson, CSI, F. Anilkumar, CSI, Bishop emeritus C. L. Furtado, CSI, D. R. Sadananda, CSI and Mohan Manoraj, CSI, the present CSI Bishop - in - Mangalore. Dhanaraj's demise comes close on the heels of the notable Old Testament Scholar, Bishop emeritus Samuel Amirtham, CSI, who departed during the last week of September 2017.
^D. Dhanaraj, Towards a fruitful living in United Theological College Magazine 1977, Volume XLIV, 1977, pp.48-51 available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.
^D. Dhanaraj, The relationship of man to God as expressed in the piety of selected Psalms in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991, p.2.
^D. Dhanaraj, Structural Approach to Psalm Exegesis: Psalm 8 and 54 as Examples, BiBh 33/2, 2007, pp.18–35. Cited in Bibliography of Psalms and the Psalter In Conjunction with the History of Interpretation and Application of Psalms (since 1990), 2016, p.26. [1]
^D. Dhanaraj, A Survey of the History of Old Testament Theology in C. I. David Joy (Edited), Biblical Theology: A Reader, CSS, Tiruvalla, 2008, pp.15-27.[2]
^ abcdChurch of South India Synod, Karnataka Southern Diocese Clergy. [3] Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ abUniversity of Osnabrück Promotions 1988.[4] Archived 25 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ abDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Deutscher Germanistenverband [5]
^ abcdefDaijiworld Media Network, Mangalore, Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Mangalore: Rev. D. Dhanaraj, CSI (67), Balmatta, Mangaluru. [6]
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^Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.132. [7]
^UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
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