Sara Grant

Sara Grant, RSCJ (1922–2002) was an Indologist, and, as a missionary and member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, actively engaged in interreligious dialogue in India.

Life

Sara Grant was born in Scotland in 1922. Having converted to Roman Catholicism, she joined the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In university, one of her mentors was Iris Murdoch, herself then in the throes of a religious conversion.

Sr Sara Grant came as a missionary to India, and for many years taught at Sophia College. Under the influence and guidance of Fr Richard De Smet, SJ, she did a doctorate in the University of Bombay on the concept of relation in Sankaracarya.

She became a member of the ecumenical religious community (Anglican and Catholic) of the innovative Christa Prema Seva Ashram (CPS), Shivajinagar, Pune - India. During these years, she also taught Indian philosophy at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, the Catholic Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology.

She was invited on occasion to lecture on Sankaracarya at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, where she reports that her interpretation of Sankara was well-received.

Sara Grant was one of the most active Catholics in the area of interreligious dialogue in the second half of the twentieth century. She liked to describe herself as a 'Non-Dualist Christian' (see the bibliography below).

Bibliography [1]

Primary sources "The 'Viveka' within the Heart." Theological Education in India Today, ed. Felix Wilfred. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 1985. 103-109. The Lord of the Dance and Other Papers. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 1987. Descent to the Source: Texts for Meditation from the Hindu and Christian Scriptures. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 1987. "Growth in Community: A Theological Perspective." The Way Supplement 62 (Summer 1988) 33-51. [Check] "Shared Prayer and Sharing of Scriptures." Sharing Worship: Communicatio in Sacris, ed. Paul Puthanangady. Bangalore: NBCLC, 1988. 459-481. Towards an Alternative Theology: Confessions of a Non-dualist Christian. The Teape Lectures. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 1991. Sankaracarya's Concept of Relation. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1999.

Secondary literature

Bertha Wilcox, RSCJ, and Josef Neuner, SJ. "In Memoriam: Sr. Sara Grant, RSCJ (1922-2002)." Vidyajyoti 64 (2000) 456–459.

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Name	Grant, Sara
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Date of birth	1922
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Date of death	2002
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