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，但由两个不可分割和互补的维度代表？普世教会和地方教会。宇宙教会，超越了眼前的文化和空间现实。因此，万国教会象征着所有天主教基督徒和地方教会的团结。地方教会在文化和历史上在时间和空间上具体化了世界教会。世界教会和地方教会都按照基督的命令履行社会和宗教使命。“全球本土化”这一新词的两个维度可以恰当地用于这一讨论。这项研究的重点是印度，并试图了解一个地方教会如何在一个具体的地点灌输自己或在文化上适应以印度教为主的环境，特别是在宗教仪式和实践方面。

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.