Nirmal Minz

Studies and academics

Graduate Nirmal pursued graduate studies earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1950 -1953 of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.

Postgraduate After availing study leave from the Church Society, Minz went to Minnesota where he pursued a dual degree programme, one in theology and the other in anthropology at the Luther Seminary and the University of Minnesota respectively earning both a Master of Theology specialising in Systematic Theology and a Master of Arts degree specialising in Anthropology.

Writings

Books 1957, A Christian Community in a Culture, 1957, The Messiah Or the Prophet in Nativistic Movements, 1960, The Industrial Parish, 1968, A Memorandum on the Adivasi Problems in Central Tribal Belt of India and Their Permanent Solutions (with Joel Lakra), 1970, Mahatma Gandhi and Hindu-Christian Dialogue, 1997, Rise Up, My People, and Claim the Promise: The Gospel Among the Tribes of India,

Articles 1961, Approach to Tribal Communities Today (with Dilbar Hans and B. M. Pugh), 1980, Transforming Effects of Christianity on the Tribals of Chotanagpur 1987, A Theological Interpretation of the Tribal Reality in India, 1994, Dalit-Tribal: A Search for a Common Ideology

Honours In 2005, the Jesuit, Anand Amaladass in Indian Christian Thinkers (Volume I) included Nirmal Minz's life story highlighting Minz's contribution.

In 2017, he got Bhasha Samman by Sahitya Akademi for his works in Kurukh language.