Regunta Yesurathnam

[8] As a pupil of another CSI systematic theologian, Joshua Russell Chandran, under whom he was groomed in the 1960s, Yesurathnam established himself as a scholar and during the subsequent decade, as evidenced by his interest in dialogical theology, Yesurathnam seemed to have been influenced by the religious scholars Stanley Jedidiah Samartha of the Church of South India (CSI), Herbert Jai Singh of the Methodist Church in India (MCI)[9] and David C. Scott, also of the MCI.

[12] Inter-disciplinary writings by Yesurathnam have struck new ground in inculturation as espoused by Swamy Amalorananda and the New Testament Scholar Suppogu Joseph, STBC (2007)[13] had made a sustained research exploring possibilities for the Gospel to adapt itself to the multi-religious ethos of India.

Earlier proponents who experimented with Contextualization, emphasizing on the presentation of Christ adapting to the Indian culture, were Robert de Nobili, SJ, E. Stanley Jones, MCI, and B. V. Subbamma, AELC, who together were known for their contribution to the Christian Ashram Movement in India.

[citation needed] In 1969, Yesurathnam was recalled from parish work and sent to the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Bangalore for further spiritual studies that lasted until 1972 and resulted in the award of a Master of Theology degree after research under Joshua Russell Chandran of the CSI.

Yesurathnam was ordained in 1967 by Priestley, then Bishop-in-Medak, and was assigned ministerial functions in the parishes falling under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak and served in Sangareddy[1] and other towns shepherding congregations for nearly a decade[3] until he was recalled in 1974 by then Bishop, H. D. L. Abraham, and reassigned the role of a Spiritual Formator.

However, the sudden death of Devapriam on 4 September 1992[26] while in Germany[27] turned the tides for those in fray, resulting in the appointment and subsequent consecration of B. P. Sugandhar.

[citation needed] He then returned to ACTC and was appointed principal under the institution's policy of rotating that office between the various constituent churches in four-year cycles.

[citation needed] When the Council for World Mission (CWM) sought missionaries from the CSI, Yesurathnam moved to the International University of the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica, where he began his sojourn in the New millennium and served as a theological educator for nearly a decade[31] until his death on 8 August 2011[5] at the Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad.