Yisu Das Tiwari
| Y. D. Tiwari | |
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| Born | 1911 Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
| Died | 1997 Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Parent(s) |
Mother: Rajkunwar |
| Church | Methodist |
| Ordained | 1947 |
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Offices held
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Lecturer in Sanskrit & Philosophy of Religions
Co-Acharya
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| Title | Reverend |
| Notes | |
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Data as of November 2008
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Mother: Rajkunwar
Lecturer in Sanskrit & Philosophy of Religions
Co-Acharya
Yisu Das Tiwari (1911–1997) was an Indian theologian and a leading participant in Hindu-Christian dialogue.
He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Hindi and Greek. The Bible Society of India entrusted him with revision of the Hindi Bible (New Testament) into a contemporary version.
Yisu Das Tiwari was born Badri Prasad Tiwari into a Vaishnavite family in Agra in 1911 to Smt. Rajkunwar and Pandit Hari Govind Tiwari. 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.
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