FR. DOLICHAN KOLLARETH (KER)

Fr. Dolichan Kollareth, SJ, holds a PhD from Boston College, USA, and is a Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences at Jnana Deepa, Pune. He belongs to the Kerala Province of the Society of Jesus. Currently serving as a Reader (Associate Professor) of Psychology at Jnana-Deepa (JD), Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, Fr. Dolichan specializes in emotion, cognition, and culture. His research interests focus on the role of emotion in moral judgments, the relationship between culture and moral judgments, emotion concepts across languages, and religious cognition. His teaching interests include Psychology of Religion and Cognitive Science and Human Nature. Fr. Dolichan is also a Research Associate at Boston College, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, since 2018.

Book

Dolichan Kollareth. Emotions and ethics: The quest for a scientific foundation of morality,

XLRI, Jamshedpur and Written Words, New Delhi, 2023.

Edited Books

Dolichan Kollareth (ed.), Beyond the binaries: Transgender identity and the philosophical

questions, JD, Pune and CWI, Delhi, 2023.

Dolichan Kollareth and Victor Sagayam (eds.), Towards a Synodal Indian Church, ISPCK, New

Delhi, 2023.

Thomas Karimundackal and Dolichan Kollareth (eds), Reason: Faithful and True – Essays in

Honour of Dr. George Karuvelil SJ, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth & Christian World Imprints, New

Delhi, 2020.

Articles Published

1. Kollareth, Dolichan and James A. Russell. “Purity is not a distinct moral domain” Behavioral

and Brain Sciences (2023).

2. Dolichan Kollareth, “Ethical questions on gender transitioning” in Beyond the binaries:

Transgender identity and the philosophical questions. Dolichan Kollareth (ed), JD, Pune and

CWI, Delhi, 2023, pp. 77-92.

3. Dolichan Kollareth, “Nonbinary gender: Cultural and contemporary models” in Beyond the

binaries: Transgender identity and the philosophical questions. Dolichan Kollareth (ed), JD,

Pune and CWI, Delhi, 2023, pp. 27-40.

4. Dolichan Kollareth, “Preface” in Beyond the binaries: Transgender identity and the

philosophical questions. Dolichan Kollareth (ed), JD, Pune and CWI, Delhi, 2023, pp. xiii-xvii.

5. Dolichan Kollareth, “Preface” in Towards a synodal Indian Church. Dolichan Kollareth and

Victor Sagayam (eds), ISPCK, New Delhi, 2023, pp. xiii-xx.

6. Dolichan Kollareth, “The indigenous psychoanalysis of Girindrasekhar Bose and its academic

context”, AL-SHODHANA: A Multi Disciplinary Refereed Research Journal 10:2 (2022): 1-13.