Stanley Jedidiah Samartha

Who was Stanley Jedidiah Samartha?

Stanley Jedidiah Samartha was an Indian theologian and a participant in inter-religious dialogue.

Samartha's major contribution was through the World Council of Churches sub-unit "Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies" of which he was the first Director.

Western Scholars on Hinduism like Jan Peter Schouten brings Samartha in the line of thinking of M. M. Thomas and Raimundo Panikkar terming them as the "Great Three" of whom Samartha was very involved in the developments in the Church in India.