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“I am very happy to introduce this great work on Biblical Spirituality which has collated and corralled a variety of reflections based on the Bible against the background of the cross currents of  the modern age. Fr. Mathew Chandrankunnel CMI and Dr. Johnson Thomaskutty have done a marvellous job in bringing together scholars with expertise in different areas of biblical scholarship to reflect on contemporary situations. As believers in Jesus Christ, we re-enact in our lives the experience of the Lord in His incarnational existence. Every facet of human life and every aspect of the universe were touched by the life of Jesus so that the Word of God has got a message for everyone and everything, however insignificant it may appear to be. From ‘The Cry from the Margins’ to ‘The Healing Ministry and Biblical Spirituality,’ the authors have made an attempt to examine the different aspects of human life in the light of the compassion and love offered through the Bible. I congratulate all the writers who have used their scholarship and intellectual acumen to examine the realities of human experience through the prismatic lens of the Bible.”

                                                                                   Cardinal Mar George Alencherry
                                                             Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church

“This collection of articles on Wider Contextualized Biblical Spirituality will provide an excellent reading to anyone who appreciates the inclusiveness of Biblical spirituality that embraces the contextual realities of the Indian communities. The articles are wide-ranging, the editors and the authors seek to delve into Biblical spirituality from various perspectives—cry from the margins, eco-gender issues, God’s silence, subversiveness, Messianic identity, inclusiveness, discipleship, holism, male-female pairing, Pentecostal experiences, contextualization, intertextuality, identification with the marginalized, pneumatic nomism, ‘lived experience’ of the divine, tribal identity, and healing ministry and borderless church. This book is a rich mine of information on Biblical spirituality and contextual interpretation, taking our attention toward a wider hermeneutical interplay to gain a deeper understanding of the spiritual truths. I warmly recommend this book to all serious readers of the Word.”

                                                                                                    Chilkuri Vasantha Rao
                                                                                      Dr. Theol., Hamburg University
                                                                     Principal and Professor of Old Testament
                                                        The United Theological College, Bengaluru, India