E. C. John

Writings

Books written 1968, Death and life in the prophecy of judgment with reference to Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Jeremiah, 1983, The Servant of the Lord (Meditations on the Prophets), 1999 (with Juliane Hanna John nee Ehrenberg), To Tell of the Struggle is a Struggle: Resistance, Protest and Witness during the Third Reich,

Articles 1954, On Reviving the Peace Movement for World Peace, United Theological College (Bangalore) and World Council of Churches (Geneva). With Juliane Hanna Ehrenberg, Bangalore, CMS, Church of England), colleagues and friends at Church of South India and Church of North India. 1969, Forgiveness in the Prophecy of Judgment, 1971, Divine Manifestations, 1977, Righteousness in the prophets, 1977, Life and Death in Old Testament Research, 1978, Theological Research and the Churches in India: Old Testament, 1984, Israel and Inculturation: An Appraisal, 1984, Fellowship in the Holy Spirit - Biblical Perspectives, 1985, A vision for the future, 2004, The Reception of the Old Testament in India, 2007, Reading the Old Testament from a Dalit Perspective,

Studies After completing graduate studies in sciences leading to B.Sc., From 1954 to 1957 he served as a presbyter of the Church of South India in Tiruvalla.

Advanced spiritual studies In 1957 (1959)

Doctoral research While teaching at the Seminary in Bengaluru, he applied for the Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship Upon completion of his doctoral studies in 1968, John's thesis was published with the title, Death and life in the prophecy of judgment with reference to Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Jeremiah, students who specialized in the Old Testament and Hebrew language, which continued through those who took up teaching at seminaries elsewhere comprising, at the United Theological College, Bangalore, 1969-1971, Anil Kumar Daniel Solanki, 1971-1973, G. Babu Rao, 1971-1973, Timotheas Hembrom, NELC, at the Bishop’s College, Calcutta, 1976-1978, D. Dhanaraj, CSI, at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, 1977-1979, J. Bhaskar Jeyaraj, 1978-1980, Geevarghese Mathew,

Peace studies John worked with an international community of theologians at United Theological College, on the peace movement and peace for the people, in association with the World Council of Churches, and their advisory responsibilities with the United Nations Organization.

Hobbies John was an avid gardener and enthusiastic tennis and volleyball player. He taught himself to play the flute.

Honours In the Senate of Serampore College (University) Convocation 2009 held at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai, John was awarded a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa.

Reminisce Talathoti Punnaiah who studied a postgraduate course leading to Master of Theology at the United Theological College, Bangalore from 1989-1991 recalls his association with John, "E. C. John was my Principal at the College. He was a good Administrator."