1. Kurien Kunnumpuram was the founder-publisher-editor of Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies, from 1998 to 2010.
11 Facts About Kurien Kunnumpuram
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Kurien Kunnumpuram was the founding editor of JDV's Encyclopedia of Indian Christian Theology, till 2009.
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Kurien Kunnumpuram was the editor of AUC: Asian Journal of Religious Studies.
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Kurien Kunnumpuram entered the Society of Jesus in 1950, and was ordained a priest in March 1963.
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Kurien Kunnumpuram studied at the University of Innsbruck, completing his Doctorate in Systematic Theology in 1968 on "Ways of Salvation".
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Kurien Kunnumpuram became the faculty dean in 1974, a post he held until 1977.
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In 1987, Kurien Kunnumpuram became Rector of Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India.
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In January 1998, Kurien Kunnumpuram founded the Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies and acted as the journal's editor and publisher.
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In 2013, Kurien Kunnumpuram returned to the Jesuit Province of Kozhikode in Kerala.
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Kurien Kunnumpuram suffered a blood clot to the brain on 25 September 2018, and went into a coma.
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Kurien Kunnumpuram died on 23 October 2018 at Nirmala Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.