Jose Nandhikkara CMI (born 16 February 1964) is a professor of

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and

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, both in

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, India. He is the author of several books including ''Environmental Interface: Literature, Law, Science, Philosophy'' and ''Ethical Interface: Literature,

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Birth and education

Jose Nandhikkara was born on 16 February 1964. He joined the

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Carmelitarum Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae) abbreviated CMI, formerly also known as the Servants of Mary Immaculate ( ml, അമലോത്ഭവ ദാസ സംഘം), is a Cath ...

(C.M.I.), Devamatha province,

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. He studied Bachelor of

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(1986) and Bachelor of

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(1993) at

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, after which, on 1 January 1994, he was ordained a priest in the

Syro-Malabar Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

. He did his Licentiate in Systematic

(1997) at Gregorian University,

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Italy. His Licentiate thesis was “Natural Religion according to J. H. Newman.” In 1999, he did MA in Philosophy and Theology at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

, UK. His thesis title was “Religion according to Ludwig Wittgenstein.” He earned a PhD in

Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

, UK, in 2004. His dissertation title was "Being Human from a Religious Point of View after Wittgenstein."

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