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A Group Writing… A Group Work… A Symposium…; Devanandan's name appears only as editor, usually along with that of M. M. Thomas - He was born on July 9, 1901, and graduated from Nizam College in Hyderabad - K. T. Paul who first took Devanandan to America as his personal secretary. Before that, however, Devanandan had taught briefly at Jaffna College in Ceylon and received an M.A. degree from Madras University.
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- ↑ Devanandan, Paul David (1963). JStanley J. Samartha; Nalini Devanandan (eds.). I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills: Sermons and Bible Studies of P. D. Devanandan. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society.
- ↑ "Excerpt from Between Two Cities - Part I: Early Years - by Stanley Samartha". World Council of Churches. wcc-coe.org. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
During three years at UTC I took almost all the courses offered by Marcus Ward, the British professor who taught us theology, and Paul David Devanandan, the Indian professor of religions.
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