ENRICO BELTRAMINI

Theologian and Intellectual Historian

I am a scholar of theology and Christianity in South Asia, the theology of digital technology, and the theology and theory of historiography, based in San Francisco. My research brings the theology of retrieval into dialogue with postliberal, postsecular, and Asian perspectives, with a particular focus on political and historical theology. My academic work comprises five monographs and over seventy peer-reviewed articles and numerous book chapters. I am a retired professor of theology at Notre Dame de Namur University in California, where I taught for fifteen years, and previously held teaching appointments at Santa Clara University and UC Berkeley. My theological work is a redirection of an earlier career in New York’s luxury industry and Silicon Valley venture capital. I hold a PhD in Theology from Vidyajyoti College of Theology, a PhD in History from the University of London, and a PhD in Business from Manchester Business School.

Here is a link to a selection of my work

https://ndnu.academia.edu/EnricoBeltramini

SACRED REALITY, DIGITAL SIMULATION

A study of the ritual’s ineffectiveness in virtual spaces, where ritual form is absent and sacred

presence cannot be mediated.

“This book is a must-read for anyone interested in conceptual clarity around the coexistence of faith and digital technology, as well as the hermeneutical categories and virtualization of the sacred.”

Paul S. Chung, Distinguished Full Professor of International

Public Theology and Director, Forum Center, Berkeley, CA

“Dr. Enrico Beltramini brings unique credentials and wisdom to bear on a core issue facing humanity in the early years of the Third Millennium.”

Mary Timothy Prokes, author of Theology and Virtual Reality

MICHAEL AMALADOSS AND THE QUEST FOR INDIAN THEOLOGY

An assessment of Amaladoss's thought and an investigation into his main contributions to

Indian theology.

“Enrico Beltramini has accomplished a herculean task. He has written the definitive account of Michael Amaladoss.”

Dyron Daughrity, William S. Banowsky Chair and Professor of Religion,

Pepperdine University

“Enrico Beltramini has succeded in introducing readers not only to the

contours of Indian Christian theology, but also to its breadth, length, depth, and height.

Jacop Parappally, chief editor Journal of Indian Theology, former president

Indian Theological Association

DESECULARIZING THE CHRISTIAN PAST

A critique of the historiography of religion, which, grounded in secular assumptions, distorts the

Christian past.

“This is a significant work.”

Brad S. Gregory, Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair

and Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

“This book offers a thesis I hope my Christian historian friends will take up with sincerity, as it really does address an issue that lies at the very center of the intersection of Christian faith and history.”

Alex Fogleman, Professor of Theology, Baylor University

PASSAGE TO INDIA

A reinterpretation of Henri le Saux -Abhishiktānanda as primarily a product of mid-

twentieth century French Roman Catholicism.

“Beltramini's interpretation of Abhishiktananda is compelling and his proposal that sacramental ontology is the guiding theological theme of his life's work is convincing.”