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{{Infobox university
| name = Karnataka Theological College
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| established = {{start date and age|1847}}<ref name="Minerva">[https://books.google.com/books?id=SBg9AQAAIAAJ&q=mangalore ''Minerva'', Volume 35, Issue 2, Walter de Gruyter, 1969, p.1554]</ref>
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| type = [[Seminary]]
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| affiliation = [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]]
| city = [[Mangaluru]]
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| state = [[Karnataka]]
| country = [[India]]
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| head = [[The Reverend|The Rev. Dr.]] [[H. M. Watson]], [[Church of South India|CSI]], [[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Regensburg |Regensburg, Germany]])
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| website = http://www.kaces.org/KTC/homepage
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}}'''Karnataka Theological College''' ''(founded in 1847)<ref name="Minerva"/>'' is an [[ecumenical]] [[seminary]] catering to the [[Kannada]]-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in [[Mangaluru]] of [[Karnataka]] in [[South India]], and is affiliated to the nation's first University,<ref name="Murli">[[Murli Manohar Joshi]], ''Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. {{cite web|url=http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |title=Department of Secondary&Higher Education |accessdate=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223010953/http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |archivedate=23 February 2012 }}''</ref> the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]].

==History==
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! style="background:#ccc;"| Succession of [[Biblical Studies]] Faculty
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*'''[[Old Testament]] and [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew Language]]'''
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[C. D. Jathanna]], [[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]]),<ref name="Johann">Johann Anselm Steiger (Edited), ''500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, pp.447, 476.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4]
</ref>
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[D. Dhanaraj]], [[Dr. Phil.]] ([[University of Osnabrück|Osnabrück]]),
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[J. S. Sadananda]], [[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]]),
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[K. Sagar Sundar Raj]], [[Master of Theology|M.Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
*'''[[New Testament]] and [[Biblical Greek|Greek Language]]'''
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Sunanda Anandakumara, [[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]]),<ref name="Johann"/>
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Sydney Salins]], [[Master of Theology|M.Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Daniel Sadananda]], [[Dr. Theol.]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130915104757/http://www.bethel.de/kiho Bethel]),
**[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Christopher George, [[Master of Theology|M.Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])
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The Karnataka Theological College was founded in 1847<ref name="Shiri"/> with the coming together of two distinct theological seminaries,
* the Union Kanarese Seminary (UKS) founded in 1912<ref name="Shiri">Godwin Shiri, ''Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India'', KTC, Mangalore, 1985, pp.102–105. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IYAcAAAAMAAJ&q=union+kanarese+seminary]</ref> in [[Tumkur]], and
* the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary (BEMTS) founded in 1847<ref name="Shiri"/> in [[Mangalore]].<ref>The Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary was established in 1847 by the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. In 1847 it was established with a name B.E.M. Theological Seminary by Dr. [[Hermann Mögling]]. Moegling was the one who started the first Kannada news paper Mangaluru Samachara and his contribution to Kannada literature is well known. This college was training Protestant Pastors for the churches in Karnataka and Malabar area.</ref>

In 1967, [[C. D. Jathanna]], the then principal of the college formed [[the Karnataka Christian Educational Society]] with the College as the nucleus along with another institute, the Hebich Technical Training Institute. He added several new educational institutions such as Balmatta Institute of Printing Technology, Balmatta Institute of Commerce, KACES ITI in Stichcraft, KACES Hostel, and Moegling Institute of German Language. At Present Karnataka Theological College offers residential Bachelor of Divinity degree course and the external courses of B.C.S., Dip. C.S. and C. Th. The students are basically from three dioceses of the Church of South India, Lutherans and Methodists and this is the only regional Theological College which offers training in Kannada language in Karnataka.

==Present staff==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Present Faculty at the Karnataka Theological College with subjects taught
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! Discipline!!Faculty Name !! Gen der!!Teaching Status!! Highest Degree !!Alma mater!!University
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|[[Old Testament]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[K. Sagar Sundar Raj]]<ref>K. Sagar Sundar Raj pursued research studies at the [[United Theological College, Bangalore]] with the title ''Re-establishment of the tribal ethos in the [[Book of Amos]]: A sub-altern hermeneutical perspective'', 2012, a copy of which is available and kept at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, [[Mangalore]].</ref>||Male||Full-time||[[Master of Theology|M.Th.]]||[[United Theological College, Bangalore|UTC]], [[Bangalore]]||[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]
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|[[New Testament]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] Christopher George<ref>[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]], ''Degree of Master of Theology - United Theological College, Bangalore''. [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/degree-of-master-of-theology/]</ref>||Male||Full-time||[[Master of Theology|M. Th.]]||[[United Theological College, Bangalore|UTC]], [[Bangalore]]||[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]
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|[[Systematic Theology]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] H. M. Watson<ref>H. M. Watson, ''Towards a Relevant Christology in India Today: An Appraisal of the Christologies of John Hick, Jürgen Moltmann and Jon Sobrino'', Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2002. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TpnONwAACAAJ]</ref>||Male||Full-time||[[Dr. Theol.]]||[[University of Regensburg]], [[Regensburg]]||[[University of Regensburg|Regensburg]]
|-
|[[History of Religions]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] B. Chennakesavalu<ref>[[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College]], [[Chennai]], ''Chennai inter-theologiate seminar''.[http://www.gltc.edu/projects/seminars/chennai-inter-theologiate-seminar]{{Dead link|date=March 2025|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>||Male||Full-time||[[Master of Theology|M.Th.]]||[[Gurukul Lutheran Theological College|Gurukul]], [[Chennai]]||[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]
|-
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|[[Christian Ministry]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[F. Anilkumar]]||Male||Full-time||[[Dr. Theol.]]||[[University of Regensburg]], [[Regensburg]]||[[University of Regensburg|Regensburg]]
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|[[Women's Studies]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Annie Watson]]||Female||Full-time||[[Dr. Theol.]]||[[University of Regensburg]], [[Regensburg]]||[[University of Regensburg|Regensburg]]
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|[[History of Christianity]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] P. C. James<ref>[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], ''Directory of Teaching Staff''.[http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/faculty.php?college=Select%20College&spez=History%20of%20Christianity&i=40]</ref>||Male||Full-time||[[Master of Theology|M.Th.]]||-||[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]
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|[[History of Christianity]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[C. L. Furtado]]||Male||Part-time||[[Dr. Theol.]]||Missions Academy, [[Hamburg]]||[[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]]
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|[[Social analysis]]||[[The Rt. Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Mohan Manoraj]]||Male||Part-time||[[Master of Theology|M.Th.]]||[[Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary|TTS]], [[Madurai]]||[[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]
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|[[Social Analysis/Indian Society]]||[[Dr.]] V. Basil Hans<ref>[[Mangalore University]], ''Gradation of Teachers - Economics''.[http://www.mangaloreuniversity.ac.in/sites/default/files/gradation/ECONOMICS.pdf]</ref>||Male||Part-time||[[Ph.D.]]||[[Mangalore University]], [[Mangalore]]||[[Mangalore University|Mangalore]]
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|[[English Literature]]|| Sherly Furtado<ref>[[Mangalore University]], ''Gradation of Teachers - English''.[http://www.mangaloreuniversity.ac.in/sites/default/files/gradation/ENGLISH.pdf]</ref>||Female||Part-time||||
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|[[Christian missions|Missions]]||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[H. S. Wilson]]||Male||Part-time||[[Ph.D.]]||[[Drew University]], [[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]]||[[Drew University|Drew]]
|}

==Gallery==
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File:Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.JPG|Edifice
File:Karnataka Theological College.jpg|Gate close up
File:Library of Karnataka Theological College.jpg|Library
</gallery>

==Succession of Administrators==
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 5px solid #BBB; margin: .96em 0 0 .9em;"
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|'''Years''' ||'''Name'''||'''Academic credentials'''
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|1965–1967||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[R. Scheuermeier]],<ref name="Honorary">Corinna Waltz, ''Honorary doctorate for Robert Scheuermeier'', 7 March 2013. [https://ems-online.org/en/news/article/07-03-2013-honorary-doctorate-for-robert-scheuermeier/]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>||[[Doctor of Divinity|D. D.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]]),<ref name="Honorary"/>
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|1967–1983||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]][[Dagger (typography)|✝]] [[C. D. Jathanna]]||[[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]])<ref name="Hamburg">Johann Anselm Steiger (Edited), ''500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, pp.450, 476.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4TRjk_Qt7WcC&q=rao&pg=PR4]
</ref>
|-
|1983–1991||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[C. L. Furtado]]||[[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]]),<ref name="Hamburg"/>
|-
|1991–2009||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[J. S. Sadananda]]||[[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]]),<ref>Reformation-Education-Transformation. ''International Twin Consultation'', Brazil-Germany 2016. [http://www.r-e-t.net/en.programm/en.halle-saale/]</ref>
|-
|2009–2020||[[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[H. R. Cabral]], ||[[D.Th.]] ([[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore]])<ref name="Serampore">[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], ''List of recipients of Doctor of Theology Degree''. [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/hall-of-fame/doctor-of-theology/]</ref>
|-
|2020-Present||[[The Reverend|The Rev. Dr.]] [[H. M. Watson]], ||[[Dr. Theol.]] ([[University of Regensburg |Regensburg, Germany]])<ref name="Serampore"/>
|}

==Notable persons associated with the seminary==
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]][[Dagger (typography)|✝]] [[D. P. Shettian]], Past pupil and [[Bishop]],
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]][[Dagger (typography)|✝]] [[S. R. Furtado]], Faculty member and [[Bishop]],
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]][[Dagger (typography)|✝]] [[S. J. Samartha]], Faculty member of the erstwhile Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary,
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[Devaraj Bangera]], Past pupil and [[Bishop Emeritus]],
* [[The Reverend|The Rev.]] [[D. I. Hans]], Teacher of Religions.
* [[The Reverend]] [[Doctor (title)|Dr]] [[Hannibal Richard Cabral]]

==References==
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