Sebastian Madathummuriyil, S.T.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Madathummuriyil's primary research interest has been centered on developing a sacramental theology addressing recent developments in phenomenology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology. His scholarly interest is extended to theology of the Eucharist, Eastern liturgies, liturgical inculturation, theology of non-Christian religions and comparative study of the sacraments and the rites of passages in Indian religious tradition.

Dr. Madathummuriyil also serves as a visiting professor in Sanathana Divyakarunya Vidyapeetham (Kerala, India), the major seminary of the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (M.C.B.S.) to which he belongs.

Undergraduate:  Theological Views of the Human Person; Classical and Contemporary Theology; The Church

MA: Sacraments

Ph.D. Seminar: Postmodern Perspectives on the Sacraments

Encountering Asian Religions (Independent Study, D. Div.)

Sacrament as Gift: A Pneumatological and Phenomenological Approach (Textes et etudes liturgiques / Studies in Liturgy 25; Peeters: Leuven, 2012)

Articles:

"Toward Communion: Ecumenical Reflections on the Lutheran-Catholic Agreement on Justification and the Reunion of the Syro-Malankara Church," Doon Theological Journal 2 (2012): 150-177.

"Creation as Gift: A Paradigm for a Discourse on Creation," Indian Theological Studies 47 (2010): 121-142

"The Holy Spirit as Person and Mediation: A Pneumatological Approach to the Church and the Sacraments," Questions liturgiques 88 (2007): 177-202.