Fr Xavier Maramattam
Philosophy
Phone: 9496133101
Email: marxavi@gmail.com
Education Summary
- Seminary Studies : ST. JOSEPH’S PONTIFICAL SEMINARY ALWAYE (Philosophy)
- Seminary Studies : ST. JOSEPH’S PONTIFICAL SEMINARY ALWAYE (Theology)
- Ecclesiastical Education : POST GRADUATION IN PHILOSOPHY FROM JNANA DEEPA VIDYAPEETH (JDV) PUNE
- Doctoral Studies : Ph. D IN PHILOSOPHY.
- Name of the University : ST. THOMAS AQUINAS UNIVERSITY, ROME (Angelicum)
- Year of Public Defense : 2010
- Title of the Dissertation : RICHARD SWINBURNE’S PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: A CRITICAL STUDY IN THE LIGHT OF FIDES ET RATIO
Teaching Assignments
- From 2000 to 2005, Five years, was a lecturer in Philosophy and the finance officer at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam. (PVP)
- 2010 to 2012 was Visiting Professor in Mary Matha Seminary, Thrissur.
- 2013 to 2016 was the Rector, St. Mary’s Minor Seminary, Palakkad.
- 2016 to 2019 Parish Priest in Lourd Matha Forane Church, Vadakkencherry, Palakkad.
- 2019 Joined as teaching staff in Philosophy in St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Kottayam.
Publications Articles
- Benny Jacob, “Hermeneutical Phenomenology in Heidegger” Santhome Annual Magazine, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, 2004.
- Articles: Benny Jacob (Xavier) “The Holy Spirit in Salvation History” (Mal), Arun Kalamattathil ed., Daivaroopy, Logos Books, Palakkad, 2011.
- Benny Jacob (Xavier) “The protection of the environment and the Corona Virus” Dr. Andrews Mekkattukunnel ed.,Viswasavum Jeevithvum Quarantinil, OIRSI Publication, Kottayam. 2020.
- Maramattom, Xavier, “Philosophy Today: A Critique in the Light of Fides et Ratio,” in Jeevadarshana: Bangalore Journal of Philosophy and Religion, Vol. 7, Nos. 1&2, 2020
Books
- Benny Jacob, Role of Faith in Theistic Belief, Rome: Universitatem S. Thomae, 2010.