Vol. III, Part Two
Opera Omnia
Maryknoll, New York (ORBIS BOOKS) 2016
In this second part of the third volume of Raimon Panikkar’s Opera Omnia in English, Panikkar offers his reflections on Christianity in our era as well as in many other historical periods. Following his reflections on “Christophany in the World,” the reader is introduced to Christophany, Panikkar’s justly famous text on Christ and mysticism. Christophany offers the attentive reader a way to experience the mystical depths of life. “To know Jesus is to experience Jesus’ mystical life, in particular to share in divinity, and to know God as ‘Abba’”, Panikkar wrote. “What happened in the life of Christ will happen in us and, in our transformed lives, God lives in us without us losing our own being.”
INDEX OF ORIGINAL TEXTS IN VOLUME III. Part 2
“Introduction: Christendom, Christianity, Christianness.” Jeevadhara 21, no. 124 (1991): 324–30 .
“The Jordan, The Tiber, and the Ganges: Three Kairological Moments of Christic Self-Consciousness.” In The Myth of Christian Uniqueness . Toward a Pluralistic Theology of Religions, ed. J. Hick and P. F. Knitter, 89–116. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987.
“The Cosmic Christ: A Neglected Aspect of Modern Catholicism.” (Original text: “El Crist Còsmic: un aspecte negligit del catolicisme modern.”) Serra d’Or 340 (1988): 32–33; in Italian: in La nuova innocenza. Innocenza cosciente. Sotto il Monte-Bergamo: Servitium, 2003; rev. ed. 2005.
“The New Role of Christian Universities in Asia.” Vidyajyoti 54 (1990): 561–82. Also in M. Uozumi and M. Kasai, eds., Religious Consciousness and Modern World, Asian Cultural Studies, Special Issue no. 4, 169–85. Tokyo: International Christian University, 1993. Opening lecture at ACUCA (Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia) held at Assumption University, Thailand, 1989.
“Universal Responsibility: A Christian Consideration.” In R. Ch. Tewari and Krishna Nath, eds. Universal Responsibility: A Felicitation Volume in Honour of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on His Sixtieth Birthday, 51–62. New Delhi: ANB Publishers.
“Towards a Phenomenology of Interculturation: The Case of India.” Original text: “Verso una fenomenologia dell’interculturazione: Il caso dell’India.” Testimonianze 4–5 (1996): 83–90.
“On Christian Identity: Who Is a Christian?” In Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity, ed. C. Cornille, 121–44. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.
Christophany: The Fullness of Man. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987. Original text: La pienezza dell’uomo. Una cristofania. Milan: Jaca Book, 1999, 2002.
Epilogue: excerpts of the many letters written to the bishop of Varanasi, Rev. Patrick D’Souza