Fr Johnson Neelanirappel
Philosophy
Phone: 9447488022
Email: eccojohnson@gmail.com
Education Summary
- Minor Seminary : St. Stanislaus Minor Seminary Kottayam(1994 – 1998).
- B.Ph. : Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore(1998 – 2000).
- M.Ph : Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore(2000-2002).
- B.Th. : Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum, Rome(2002-2005).
- D.Ph. : Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum, Rome(2006-2010).
- Others (Specify) : Master in Psychology and Counseling at Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, Prassi Amministrativa Canonica, (Canons for Administrative Procedures) Congregation for the Clergy, Rome(2004-2005, 2003-2006).
Teaching Assignments
Visiting Teacher of Philosophy at Paurastya Vidyapitham – Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies from 2011 June 8.
Resident staff of Paurastya Vidyapitham from 2012 May.
Pastoral and Administrative Assignments
Director Pastoral Care at Caritas Hospital, 15/03/2010 – 31/05/2010. Assistant Parish Priest at St. Mary’s Forane Church Kaduthuruthy from 2010 June 1. Rector Beth Sleehe Formation House Kaduthuruthy from 2010 June 1. Asst. Director Catechetical Commission Archdiocese of Kottayam from 2010 June 1. Director for Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Archdiocese of Kottayam from 15 May 2011.
Publications Articles
- Johnson Neelanirappel, Capability and Freedom in Amartya Sen; A New Well-Being Paradigm: An Ethical and Philosophical Understanding of a Qualitative Human Life; Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, Rome 2010.
- “A Christian Response to Amartya Sen’s Thought”, The Eighteenth Father Zacharias Memorial Lectures, Pontifical Institute of Theology & Philosophy, Alwaye, Aug 25, 2010. Later published in The Living Word 116 (2010, 6) 375-386.
- “Testimonies of the Ecclesiastical Authorities about the Character and Qualities of Msgr Makil” in Dr. Jacob Kollaparambil and Byju Mukalel Eds., Thekkumbhavakarkku veendi visutha pathem pius stpicha kottayam atiruupatha – Shadabdi symposiyangal, Historical Documentation Committee of the Centenary Celebrations, Kottayem, 2011, pp. 193-212.
- “Western Aesthetics” in Dr. Anto Cheranthuruthy, ed. An Initiation to Philosophical Aesthetics, Jeevan Books, Bharananganam, Kottayam, 2015.
- “Theories of Artistic Creativity”, in Dr. Anto Cheranthuruthy, ed. An Initiation to Philosophical Aesthetics, Jeevan Books, Bharananganam, Kottayam, 2015.
- “Ludwig Wittgenstein on Aesthetics”, in Dr. Anto Cheranthuruthy, ed. An Initiation to Philosophical Aesthetics, Jeevan Books, Bharananganam, Kottayam, 2015.
- Byju Mukalel and Johnson Neelanirappel eds. “Praudam ii prayanam; Azangal theediya kollaparambil achante jivitham suriyani sabha orkumbol”Jet Publications, Kottayam, 2015.
- Kalavastha vyathiyanavum 2015 Paris uchakoodiyum, in “Paristithi deivasasthrathinu oru samakalika bhasyam, Scaria Kanyakonil and Domenic Vechoor eds. OIRSI No. 413, Kottayam, 2016.