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Scaria Kanniyakonil

India
Institution Paurstya Vidyapitham, Vadavathoor-686010, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Position Faculty/Administrator
Email Address skanniyakonil@gmail.com
Prior Educational Background
  • Bachelor of Philosophy (1985-1988) from Kerala University, India; Bachelor of Theology (1989- 1992) from the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam, India; Master of Theology (1996-1998) from the KU Leuven, Belgium; PhD (2002) from the KU Leuven, Belgium: Name of the dissertation - A Moral Theological and Bioethical Appraisal of Living Organ Donation and Transplantation.
Recent Publications
  • Books:
  • Scaria Kanniyakonil (ed.), Ethical Perspectives of the Eastern Churches (Changnacherry: HIRS, 2004); Scaria Kanniyakonil (ed.)., Bioethical Issues and the Family (Thuruthy: Cana Publications, 2005); Scaria Kanniyakonil, Living Organ Donation and Transplantation (Kottayam: ORSI, 2005); Scaria Kanniyakonil, The Fundamentals of Bioethics: Legal Perspectives and Ethical Approaches (Kottayam: ORSI, 2007); Scaria Kanniyakonil, Wait For God’s Call: Catholic Perspective on Euthanasia (Kottayam: ORSI, 2011).
  • Articles:
  • Scaria Kanniyakonil, ‘Integration of law and Virtues in Indian Bioethics,” Shaji George Kochuthara, Moral Theology in India Today : DVK National Workshop on Moral Theology (Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2013) 627-648;
  • Scaria Kanniyakonil, “Moral and Bioethical Challenges in the Family,” Indian Journal of Family Studies713/1 (2013) 26-37;
  • Scaria Kanniyakoinl, “Ethical Appraisal of Genetical Research,” Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture 6/1 (2013 ) 79-93;
  • Scaria Kanniyakonil, “A Moral Theological Appraisal of Human Life in Vatican II,” in “Revisiting Vatican II: 50 Years of Renewal,” International Seminar at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Bangalore from 31 January to 3 February 2013.
  • Scaria Kanniyakonil, Human Dignity and Moral Norms in Gaudium et Spes,” The Living word 119/1 (2013)15-19.