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We are 40 theologians from different Asian countries who have come together to reflect on the document EA. We are grateful to the document for challenging us to rethink and revision what it means to be Church in Asia. EA brings into focus the importance of an inculturated theology. We acknowledge the need of being Church in a holistic way that recognizes human needs in an Asian context. At the same time, we realize that we have too easily absorbed even dehumanizing elements. We confess our shortcomings. We remain in great part a clerical Church in which patriarchy, inequality based on caste differentiation, gender insensitivity and an unhealthy spirit of proselytization continue to disfigure the countenance of the Church in Asia. Yet we discover God’s saving action and the presence of the divine in the many faces of the Churches in Asia as well as in other faith persuasions.

Christianity in India is an allogene religion (an ancient settlement with the Christians of St. Thomas) revisited by Europeans (Franciscans and Dominicans in the Middle Ages, but especially Jesuits from the sixteenth century and new women's congregations in the nineteenth century). In the twentieth century, two figures particularly marked the interreligious dialogue between Europe and India: Jules Monchanin (1895-1957) and Henri Le Saux (1910-1973). The two men meet in India from 1948. They found the ashram of Saccidananda in Kulitalai in the wood of Shantivanam. Monchanin's writings are collected in a work entitled Missionary Theology and Spirituality (1985). After the death of Monchanin, swami Parama Arubi Anandam (1957), Henri Le Saux pursues interreligious dialogue with Brahmans and participates in meetings in Almora, Rajpur, Uttarkashi. He published Hindu Wisdom, Christian Mysticism (1965). He works at a liturgy in Sanskrit and devotes his last writings to the Upanishads. He died in 1973., Le christianisme en Inde est une religion allogène (une implantation ancienne avec les chrétiens de Saint Thomas) revisitée par les Européens (Franciscains et Dominicains au Moyen Age, mais surtout Jésuites à partir du XVIe siècle et nouvelles congrégations féminines au XIXe siècle). Au XXe siècle, deux figures ont particulièrement marqué le dialogue interreligieux entre l'Europe et l'Inde : Jules Monchanin (1895-1957) et Henri Le Saux (1910-1973). Les deux hommes se retrouvent en Inde à partir de 1948. Ils fondent l'ashram de Saccidânanda à Kulitalaï dans le bois de Shantivanam. Les écrits de Monchanin sont rassemblés dans un ouvrage intitulé Théologie et spiritualité missionnaires (1985). Après la mort de Monchanin, swami Parama Arubi Anandam (1957), Henri Le Saux poursuit le dialogue interreligieux avec des brahmanes et participe à des rencontres à Almora, Rajpur, Uttarkashi. Il publie Sagesse hindoue, mystique chrétienne (1965). Il travaille à une liturgie en sanskrit et consacre ses derniers écrits aux Upanishads. Il meurt en 1973.