Rajula Annie Watson (nee Thomas) is a theologianIgnorance of religions lead to imbalance in society in The Deccan Herald, Mangalore, 30 September 2009. who presently teachesSenate of Serampore College (University), Directory of Teaching Staff at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a seminary established in 1965Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834–1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.132. and affiliated to the nation's firstUNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952 university, the Senate of Serampore College. Annie has been a member of the Association of Theologically Trained Women of India since 1991 as well as Associate Presbyter at CSI-Hebich Memorial Church, Mangalore.
In 2008, the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart, featured Annie in their journal darum-journal under the caption Kampf gegen die Erdewarmung.Annie Watson, Kampf gegen die Erdewarmung, darum-journal, No 5, October/November 2008, pp.xiv-xv.
Studies Annie studied bachelor's degree in theology at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1987 and 1991K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.75. where she obtained a Bachelor of DivinityK. C. Abraham, Foreword in Rajula Annie Watson, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004, p.xii. (B. D.) awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan. She later studied for a doctorateUniversity of Regensburg, Dissertationen für den Hochschulschriftentausch 2004. at the University of Regensburg at the Faculty of Philosophy obtaining a Doctorate of Philosophy (Dr. Phil.) where she was supervised by Prof. Hans Schwarz.Emil Schürer, Adolf von Harnack, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Volume 129, Issues 1–6, 2004, p.237.
On publication of Watson's doctoral thesis, titled, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics it was simultaneously reviewed in the following journals,
Missionalia (2005),Missionalia, Volume 33, p.199, 2005 Theologische Literaturzeitung (2004),Emil Schürer, Adolf von Harnack, Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 129, Issues 1–6, p.237, 2004. Theologische Revue (2004),Theologische Revue, Volumes 100–101, p.44, 2004 Revue théologique de Louvain (2004),Revue théologique de Louvain, Volume 35, 2004, p.638
Writings 2004, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics,Rajula Annie Watson, Development and Justice: A Christian Understanding of Land Ethics, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004. 2007, Overcoming Violence against Women,Rajula Annie Watson, Overcoming Violence against Women, CTC Bulletin – Bulletin of the programme area on Faith, Mission and Unity (theological concerns) of the Christian Conference of Asia, Special Issue on the Fifth Congress of Asian Theologians, Part II, volume XXIII, number 2, August 2007, pp.35–39. * 2007, Towards a Christian Land Ethic,Rajula Annie Watson, Towards a Christian Land Ethic, CTC Bulletin – Bulletin of the programme area on Faith, Mission and Unity (theological concerns) of the Christian Conference of Asia, Special Issue on the Fifth Congress of Asian Theologians, Part II, volume XXIII, number 2, August 2007, pp.22–34. 2010, Baptism, means of grace or means of conflicts? : the significance of baptism in today's religiously pluralistic society,Rajula Annie Watson, Baptism, means of grace or means of conflicts? : the significance of baptism in today's religiously pluralistic society in Andrea König (Edited), Mission, dialogue and peaceful co-existence : living together in a multireligious and secular society and prospects for the future, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, New York, 2010. 2010, Women and Mission in a pluralistic contextRajula Annie Watson, Women and Mission in a pluralistic context in Andrea Konig (Edited), Mission, Dialog und Friedliche Koexistenz Mission, Dialogue, and Peaceful Coexistence, Peter Lang, 2010, pp.77–88. 2011, Gender justice: towards full humanity of women and menRajula Annie Watson, Gender justice: towards full humanity of women and men, IJBF, p, 1271. 2014, Visibility of the invisible: Status and role of women in church mission and ministryRajula Annie Watson, Visibility of the invisible: Status and role of women in church mission and ministry in Martin Tamcke and Gladson Jathanna (Edited), Construction of the Other, Identification of the Self: German Mission in India. Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte, Lit Verlag, Wien, 2012, pp.365–374.
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