Name:  Thomas Padiyath                                

Address: Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kunnoth, Kiliyanthara, 670 706, Kannur, Kerala.

          Phone No: 0490 2494081; Mobile No: 0944 620 1820; tpadiyath@hotmail.com

Website: majorseminary.org                                                        

Academic Qualification:

PhD. From Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2006.

 Title of the Dissertation: The Metaphysics of Becoming:On the Relationship between Creativity and God in A. N. Whitehead and Supermind and Sachchidananda in Aurobindo Ghose 

Subjects Teaching: Metaphysics, Theodicy, Process Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy 

Area of Specialization or Research Interest: Process Philosophy 

Publications

Executive editor of the Book Satyathilum Snehathilum (Malayam), 1998.

Presented a paper at the Graduate Conference organized at the Higher Institute of Philosophy, Leuven, in 2002 on The Philosophies of Becoming: Whitehead and Aurobindo.

Attended Philosophy Conference organized by the University of Cork, Ireland, in 2002 on Philosophy of Prof Dr William Desmond.

Presented a paper at the Whitehead Conference at Salzburg, Austria in 2006 on the theme: Metaphysics of Becoming: A Meeting point between the East and West.

Edited the book Probhodhakante Vazhiyilude (Malayalam), 2007.

Attended ACPI Annual Conference held at Vadavathoor Seminary from Oct 10-13, 2007.

Presented a Paper at the National Symposium on Natural Moral Law organized by Dharmaram Vidhyakshetram, Bangalore (Dec. 3-6 2007) on the Relevance of Personalism in Bio-medical Ethics.

Attended ACPI Annual Conference held at Dindigal Capuchin Renewal Centre.

Presented a paper at the International Whitehead Conference at Bangalore in 2009 January on the Religious Significance of Whitehead’s God.  

Paper presented in the 35^th Annual Conference of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India held at Delhi, Carmel Vidya Nikethan, Faridabad, October 23-27, 2010. Theme: Philosophy of History: A Philosophical Reflection.

Presented paper in the National Seminar organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) at Delhi in October 2010. Theme:   Purpose of Philosophy: Career Orientation Vs Character Building.

Paper Presented in the International Conference on: Mysticism Without Bounds organized by Christ University and Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram,  January 5-8, 2011. Theme: Human reason is only a mediator not an Angel: On the Necessity of the Dialectical Intellect Transcending to the Mystical.

Article in Journal of Dharma from DVK Bangalore on: In Search of a Soul: Religion and National Integration, Vol. 33, 3 (July-September 2008), 283-302.

Article in Malabar Theological Review from GSMS, Kunnoth on: The Religious Significance of Whitehead’s God. Vol 3, no.1 2008, 103-122.

Article in Tattva- Journal of Philosophy from Christ University Bangalore on: Whitehead and Aurobindo on the Question of Evil, Vol 2, no 2 (July-December 2010).

Article in The Living Word- Journal of Philosophy and Theology from Pontifical Institute, Aluva on: Modern Trends in Philosophy: Separation of Philosophy and Religion in the West, Vol. 116 no 2, March-April 2010, 100-121.

Article in Mathavum Chinthayum from Pontifical Institute Aluva on Faith-Reason Relationship in Medieval Period (Malayalam) in July-August 2011, Vol. 92, no 4, 30-46.