Sydney Salins

The Reverend Sydney Sebastian Salins
Born	Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Theologian
Parent(s)	Elizabeth (Mother); W. A. Salins (Father)[1]
Writings	The Institutions on Balmatta, Mangalore[2]
Congregations served	Church of South India Karnataka Southern Diocese

Sydney S. Salins is a New Testament Scholar who teaches^[3] at the Karnataka Theological College,^[4] Mangalore, a Seminary established in 1965^[5] and affiliated to the nation's first^[6] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Salins was a participant at the original exploratory committee on dialogue in 1997^[7] conducted by the World Council of Churches^[8]

Studies

Salins had his ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1970-1974^[9] studying along with his companion John Sadananda for a Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of J. T. Krogh. Again from 1980-1982, Salins studied along with another companion Surya Prakash for a postgraduate course specialising in New Testament under J. G. F. Collison and K. James Carl and submitted a dissertation entitled A study of the use of the christological title, "Son of Man" in the writings upto 325 AD^[10] for which he was awarded a Master of Theology (M. Th.) degree by the University under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan.

Teaching ministry

Soon after his graduate studies at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore, Salins began teaching at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore from 1974 onwards and later availed study leave to equip himself with a postgraduate degree in New Testament in 1982. After a 40-year teaching ministry that began in 1974,^[11] Salins retired in early 2015 on attaining superannuation but continues to teach at the Seminary in Mangalore.

References

1. Daijiworld, obituary, November 8, 2015
2. Sydney S. Salins, The Institutions on Balmatta, Mangalore in Albrecht Frenz, Stefan Frenz (Edited), Zukunft im Gedenken (Future in Remembrance), Norderstedt 2007, pp.120-125. Cited in Judith Becker, Conversio im Wandel: Basler Missionare zwischen Europa und Südindien und die Ausbilding einer Kontaktreligiositat, 1834-1860, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Gottingen, 2015, p.703.
3. Daijiworld, Mangalore: Rev Cabral Installed as Principal of Karnataka Theological College, October 28, 2009.
4. Choo Lak Yeow, Doing theology with religions of Asia, ATESEA, 1987, p.185.
5. Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.132.
6. UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
7. Giovanni Cereti, S. J. Voicu, J. F. Puglisi, Enchiridion oecumenicum: documenti del dialogo teologico interconfessionale, EDB, 2006, p.1465.
8. Jeffrey Gros, Thomas F. Best, Lorelei F Fuchs, SA, Growth in Agreement III: International Dialogue Texts and Agreed Statements, 1998-2005, WCC Publications, Geneva, 2007, p.497.
9. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.46; Past students of the postgraduate course, p.117.
10. Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991, p.9
11. Roland Gierth, Christian life and work at the pastorate level and practical theology in South India: an inquiry based on 16 field studies of selected Church of South India pastorates in Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka Central Diocese) and a survey of Indian publications on the field of practical theology, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1977, p.80.