Editorial: The Relevance of St. Paul

n 1998, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth began publishing (he journal Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal o f Religious Studies. We have just completed ten years of publishing it. To mark this important occasion vve organized a National Seminar which was held in Pune on 17-20 October 2008. The choice of the theme for the Seminar: The Relevance o f St Paul was inspired by the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI that a special Jubilee Year dedicated to the Apostle Paul would begin on 28 June 2008. The Seminar attempted an Indian Reading of the Letters of Paul. It sought to interpret Paul in the socio-economic, political, religious and cultural context of India and find out how relevant his teaching is for us today. In this double issue (January and July 2009) of Jnanadeepa, we are publishing the papers presented at the Seminar