ABSTRACT
By the time of the Vatican II Council, creative renewals in the so-called ‘inculturation’ movement were already well underway in India. But these renewals were invigorated by the Council’s relatively positive valuation of the diversity of cultures and religions, as demonstrated, for example, in the Dignitatis humanae Declaration’s acceptance of religious freedom for all humankind.1 Because of this, in the 1970s and 1980s, the inculturation project thrived in India, manifesting itself in different ways, such as in the Catholic ashram movement, Indianised liturgies and the development of different types of dialogue.
