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Yisu Das Tiwari (1911–1997) was an Indian theologian〔Hugh McLeod (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Christianity - World Christianities c.1914 - c.2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. Page 507. ()〕 and a leading participant in Hindu-Christian dialogue.〔Anthapurusha, The Hindu Response in Dialogue initiated by Christians, an unpublished Bachelor of Divinity thesis submitted to the Senate of Serampore College through Bishop's College in 1987. Cited by Harold Coward (Ed.), Hindu-Christian dialogue: Perspectives and Encounters, Motilal Banarasidass, New Delhi, 1993. p. 123. Prof. Horold Coward is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta. ()〕 He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Hindi and Greek. The Bible Society of India〔John Stirling Morley Hooper, Bible Translation in India, Pakistan and Ceylon: Pakistan and Ceylon, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1963. Page 57. ()〕 entrusted him with revision of the Hindi Bible ''(New Testament)'' into a contemporary version.〔See Matthew N. Schmalz's biographical note on Yisu Das Tiwari in Roy Palmer Domenico, Mark Y. Hanley (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Connecticut, 2006, p.563. ()〕 ==History== Yisu Das Tiwari was born Badri Prasad Tiwari into a Vaishnavite family in Agra in 1911 to Smt. Rajkunwar and Pandit Hari Govind Tiwari.〔Ravi Tiwari, Christ-bhakta Yesu Das, Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research, Mylapore Institute of Indigenous Studies, Chennai, 2002. ()〕 As a growing youth, Tiwari was influenced by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj and Swami Rama Tirtha.〔 It was during his college days, that he came under the influence of Canon Holland, E. Stanley Jones, C. F. Andrews and others. After a reading of the Gospel according to Saint John, he took keen interest in the studies of the Bible and devotional writings of Christian mystics.〔 Jesus Christ became his Ishta deva.〔 However, his newfound faith did not go well with his family members who sent him for internment to a mental asylum.〔 Tiwari however became a Christian and chose to be baptised in January 1935〔 under the aegis of the Baptist Missionary Society. He later joined Mahatma Gandhi's Ashram in Wardha and began to follow Gandhi's teachings. He swore to uphold Satya and began to wear khadi clothes. Simultaneously, Tiwari began growing in his new-found faith in Jesus Christ and chose to become a priest. He was ordained by the Baptist Missionary Society.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Y. D. Tiwari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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