CONTENTS: In Gratitude… Introduction, Part-I: Democracy, Civil Society and Indian Christianity: 1. Modernity, Democracy and Indian Christianity, 2. Being Indian, Being Christian: A Theo-Political Existential, 3. Indian Christianity, Civil Society, and the Democratic Process in India, 4. Being a Minority ‘Other’: The Case of Indian Christians Today, 5. Human Rights and Religion in India: The Communitarian Turn and its Challenges, Part-II: Public Theological Potentials – The Catholic Wellspring: 6. Faith and Reason: John Paul II’s Fides et Ratio and Religious Studies in India, 7. Post-Vat II Catholic Theologies in India: A Bird’s Eye View, 8. Civic Communitarianism and the Catholic Social Teaching (CST): An Indian Appreciation, 9. Pope Francis, Culture of Encounter, the Common Good, and Dharma: Public Theological Conversations Today, 10. Pope Francis and Political Engagement: A Public Theological Model, 11. The Synodal Church Engaging Civil Society: Journeying together, towards Frontiers..., Part-III: Religions, Public Conversations, and Strivings for Freedom: 12. Interfaith Dialogues: New Horizons and Pathways, 13. Public Theological Conversations on Cities, 14. Ayya Vazhi’s Emancipatory Potentials, 15. Tamil Buddhist Strivings for Freedom: Exploring the Religious Initiatives of Pandit C. Iyothee Thasar, Bibliography.