Chrysostom Arangaden

Chrysostom Arangaden^[4] (1916—2004) was an Old Testament scholar and a member of the Society for Biblical Studies, India. Arangaden was notable for his contribution as Associate General Secretary (Translation's) of the Bible Society of India.

The Reverend Chrysostom Arangaden CSI
Born	1916^[1]
Died	May 2004^[3]
Nationality	Indian
Education	B. D. (Serampore), Th.M. (Princeton), M.A. (Drew)
Alma mater	Malabar Christian College (Calicut),^[1] United Theological College (Bangalore),^[1] Princeton Theological Seminary (New Jersey),^[1] Drew University (New Jersey)^[1]
Occupation(s)	Old Testament Teacher, Ecclesiastical Administrator and Translations Scholar
Years active	1944^[1]-1981^[1]
Religion	Christianity
Church	Church of South India^[1]
Writings	see section
Offices held	Teacher of Old Testament, Kerala United Theological Seminary, Trivandrum, (1944-1947)^[1], Director,^[2] Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, (1952-1957^[1]), Associate General Secretary, National Missionary Society, Chennai (1957-1960^[1]), Associate General Secretary (Translation's), Bible Society of India, Bangalore (1974-1988^[1])
Title	The Reverend

Arangaden was an active administrator of the National Missionary Society of India and became Honorary Treasurer of the Society in 1949.^[5]

In 1960, Arangaden served as Distribution Promoter of the Bible Society of India for a short tenure and was also in charge of the Tamil Nadu Auxiliary of the Bible Society of India^[6]

Writings

• 1947, Christian leadership: A new emphasis,^[7]
• 1967, The New Testament in recent Scholarship,^[8]
• 1985, With the Word at hand,^[9]
• 1992 (with John Philipose), Carey's legacy of Bible translation^[10]

Studies

Arangaden studied at the United Theological College, Bangalore during 1940-1944^[11] during the Principalship of M. H. Harrison for spiritual studies leading to B.D. under the Senate of Serampore College (University). For postgraduate studies, Arangaden studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey where he took a Th.M.

Arangaden continued his studies at New Jersey enrolling for a Master of Arts^[12] programme in Sociology with the Drew University.

Academic offices
Preceded by	Professor of Old Testament, Kerala United Theological Seminary, Trivandrum 1944-1947	Succeeded by
Educational offices
Preceded by Post created	Director, Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore 1952-1957	Succeeded by P. D. Devanandan 1957-1962
Other offices
Preceded by	Associate General Secretary, National Missionary Society, Chennai 1957-1960	Succeeded by
Preceded by Post created	Associate General Secretary (Translations), Bible Society of India, Bangalore 1960-1981^[1]	Succeeded by M. P. John^[13] 1981-1984

References

1. C. Arangaden, Fiddler in the Zoo, iUniverse incorporated, Bloomington, 2011. [1]
2. Rajah Bhushanam Manikam (Edited), Christianity and the Asian revolution, Published for Friendship Press, New York by Diocesan Press, Chennai, 1954, pp.2 and 286. [2]
3. Arangaden, Chrysostom (2011). Fiddler in the Zoo. bloomington: iUniverse. ISBN 978-1462061044. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
4. Sir Stanley Reed (Edited), The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Mumbai, 1960, p.442. [3]
5. A Brief Report of the Missionary Work of the Church of S. India, Church of South India Synod Board of Missions, Chennai, 1949, p.iv.[4]
6. Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 145, American Bible Society, 1961, p.174. [5]
7. C. Arangaden, Christian leadership: A new emphasis in National Christian Council Review, 1947. Cited in Etudes d'histoire interculturelle du christianisme, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, p.256. [6]
8. C. Arangaden, The New Testament in recent Scholarship in The National Christian Council Review, Volume 87, Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1967, p.375. [7]
9. C. Arangaden, With the Word at hand in Godwin Shiri (Edited), Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India, Karnataka Theological Research Institute, Mangalore, 1985. [8]
10. C. Arangaden and John Philipose, Carey's legacy of Bible translation, 1992. Cited in Journal of Nepalese Studies, Volume 3, 1999, p.79. [9].
11. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the postgraduate course, p.20.
12. Drew University Bulletin, Volume 41, Issue 2, 1953, p.61
13. Our Common Witness: Report of a Consultation, Council, 1981, p.120

Further reading

• Chrysostom Arangaden (2011). Fiddler in the Zoo. iUniverse incorporated, Bloomington. ISBN 978-1-4620-6103-7.