Inculturation of Christianity and the Transformation of Rituals - Catholic Church in South India and its Glocalization

天主教会的神学坚持认为，它是一个单一的现实，但代表了两个不可分割和互补的维度。普世教会和地方教会。普世教会超越了当下的文化和空间现实。因此，普世教会象征着所有天主教徒和地方教会的团结。地方教会将普世教会在时间和空间上的文化和历史具体化。普世教会和地方教会都按照基督的命令执行社会和宗教使命。在这个讨论中，可以适当地使用新词“全球本地化”的二维方面。这项研究的重点是印度，并试图了解一个地方教会，在一个具体的地点，如何使自己本土化或适应其主要的印度教环境，特别是在宗教仪式和实践领域。

The theology of the Catholic Church has insisted that it is one single reality but represented by two inseparable and complementary dimensions ? the Universal Church and the Local Churches. The Universal Church, transcends immediate cultural and spatial realities. So, the Universal Church symbolizes the unity of all the Catholic Christians and of the Local Churches. The Local Church concretizes culturally and historically in time and space the Universal Church. Both the Universal and the Local Churches pursue the social and religious mission as commanded by Christ. The two-dimensional aspects of the neologism ‘Glocalization'could be appropriately used to this discussion. This study focuses on India, and seeks to understand how a Local Church, in a concrete locus, inculturates itself or adapts culturally to its predominantly Hindu surroundings, particularly in the area of religious rituals and practices.