George Alexander
George Alexander is a writer, orator, and trainer with over 13 years of experience in human resources and management. He has worked in diverse corporate, government, academic, and non-profit environments. He holds two master's degrees, one in Social Work with specialization in Urban and Rural Community Development and the other in Research with specialization in Social Transformation and Empowerment. He is a board member of the Occidental Studies Institute (OSI) and has published 10 books and numerous articles.
Published Books
Orthodox Church of the East in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities (2008).
Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Construction Sector: A Case Study on the Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Construction Sector (2012).
Forest Management Aspects of Community Participation: An Interdisciplinary Approach to People's Participation in Forest Management (2012).
Collected Writings on Orthodox Christianity (2014).
The Orthodox Dilemma Third Revised Edition: Personal Reflections On Global Pan-Orthodox Christian Conciliar Unity (2015).
The Dialogue between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches (2016), contributing author.
Western Rites of Syriac-Malankara Orthodox Churches, Part -I (2018), co-author
Western Rites of Syriac-Malankara Orthodox Churches, Part – II (2019), co-author
Malankara Nazranieth Research papers, Editor and Compilor (2019)
Patriarch Daniel and The Resurgence of the Romanian Orthodox Church (2021)
A Hindu Church And An Indian Christ: The Rejection of 'Syrian' Christian Identity & The Quest for a Judeo-Dravidian Bhartiya Malankara Nasrani Identity (2022)
Supervisors: Jeevan Philip
Published Books
Orthodox Church of the East in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities (2008).
Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Construction Sector: A Case Study on the Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Construction Sector (2012).
Forest Management Aspects of Community Participation: An Interdisciplinary Approach to People's Participation in Forest Management (2012).
Collected Writings on Orthodox Christianity (2014).
The Orthodox Dilemma Third Revised Edition: Personal Reflections On Global Pan-Orthodox Christian Conciliar Unity (2015).
The Dialogue between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches (2016), contributing author.
Western Rites of Syriac-Malankara Orthodox Churches, Part -I (2018), co-author
Western Rites of Syriac-Malankara Orthodox Churches, Part – II (2019), co-author
Malankara Nazranieth Research papers, Editor and Compilor (2019)
Patriarch Daniel and The Resurgence of the Romanian Orthodox Church (2021)
A Hindu Church And An Indian Christ: The Rejection of 'Syrian' Christian Identity & The Quest for a Judeo-Dravidian Bhartiya Malankara Nasrani Identity (2022)
Supervisors: Jeevan Philip
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My previous article, ‘St. Thomas & Judeo-Nasrani Malankara Nasrani Church’ had a short description of the statue of Pallivanaperumal (Pallivanaperumal/Cheraman Perumal/Pallivanavar/Pallibhanavar) which was excavated from Neelamperoor, Alappuzha, Kerala. T. K Joseph was one of the first scholars to mention about this statue in his research work. He claims that the statute of Pallivanaperumal can be paraphernalia in connection with the ecclesiastical leadership of Malankara Nasranis, i.e., Pallivanaperumal might have been a Christian King. On the contrary, a number of authors (through their articles and books) have claimed that this particular statute does not have any connection to Christianity and Malankara Nazranis.
In this article, we will take a closer look at the notion of Pallivanaperumal-Malankara Moopan in order to understand the concept of Pallivanaperumal and his historic relations with the Malankara ‘Nasrani Christianity’. This article doesn’t aim at conclusions, rather attempts to bring various viewpoints, arguments, and observations to the readers.
This article is in response to a series of articles written by Mr. Jeevan Philip and in response to the book ‘Neelamperoor Padayani’ by Ananthakuttan as well as many other scholarly works documented on Pallivanaperumal. This piece is written from an Orthodox Christian perspective.
Probably Malankara Nazranies(St.Thomas Christians for the western world ) have long been wrongly identified by Christendom.B ut thanks to new researches and evidence based on scientific methodology followed in modern historiography ,we are on the right track in identifying one of the oldest Christians(probably more suitable term is Religion of Yeshu or Followers of Yeshu) of the world.
Syriac Christianity always quarreled to take custodianship of Malankara Nazranies, especially Nestorians and Syriac Orthodox. Colonialist churches like Roman Catholics were later day entrant to this race. Unfortunately far away from the Roman or Persian empire, Malankara Nazranies kept their identity and heritage entirely different and intact from these colonial /subjugating churches of the western world.
Though much damage has been done by these colonizers, Malankara Nazranies are on their path to identify their self-respect and original history.
This is one of the articles describing( though peripherally ) the subject well for initial reading.
Books by George Alexander
My previous article, ‘St. Thomas & Judeo-Nasrani Malankara Nasrani Church’ had a short description of the statue of Pallivanaperumal (Pallivanaperumal/Cheraman Perumal/Pallivanavar/Pallibhanavar) which was excavated from Neelamperoor, Alappuzha, Kerala. T. K Joseph was one of the first scholars to mention about this statue in his research work. He claims that the statute of Pallivanaperumal can be paraphernalia in connection with the ecclesiastical leadership of Malankara Nasranis, i.e., Pallivanaperumal might have been a Christian King. On the contrary, a number of authors (through their articles and books) have claimed that this particular statute does not have any connection to Christianity and Malankara Nazranis.
In this article, we will take a closer look at the notion of Pallivanaperumal-Malankara Moopan in order to understand the concept of Pallivanaperumal and his historic relations with the Malankara ‘Nasrani Christianity’. This article doesn’t aim at conclusions, rather attempts to bring various viewpoints, arguments, and observations to the readers.
This article is in response to a series of articles written by Mr. Jeevan Philip and in response to the book ‘Neelamperoor Padayani’ by Ananthakuttan as well as many other scholarly works documented on Pallivanaperumal. This piece is written from an Orthodox Christian perspective.
Probably Malankara Nazranies(St.Thomas Christians for the western world ) have long been wrongly identified by Christendom.B ut thanks to new researches and evidence based on scientific methodology followed in modern historiography ,we are on the right track in identifying one of the oldest Christians(probably more suitable term is Religion of Yeshu or Followers of Yeshu) of the world.
Syriac Christianity always quarreled to take custodianship of Malankara Nazranies, especially Nestorians and Syriac Orthodox. Colonialist churches like Roman Catholics were later day entrant to this race. Unfortunately far away from the Roman or Persian empire, Malankara Nazranies kept their identity and heritage entirely different and intact from these colonial /subjugating churches of the western world.
Though much damage has been done by these colonizers, Malankara Nazranies are on their path to identify their self-respect and original history.
This is one of the articles describing( though peripherally ) the subject well for initial reading.