This book critically revisits Gurukuls forty-year journey led by its guiding motto, Towards a Bold Theological Vision, which has fostered contextually grounded and praxis-oriented theological education in India. Bringing together sixteen scholarly essays from diverse disciplines, the volume offers both appreciative remembrance and prophetic critique. It reflects on Gurukuls pioneering contributions to theology and theological education while discerning contemporary challenges such as digital transformation, AI ethics, gender diversity, political ideologies, and public theology. Situating Gurukul as a flagship institution that reoriented theology toward lived realities, justice, and the voices from the margins, the book also calls for renewed imagination, intersectional engagement, and community embedded theological praxis in a rapidly changing world. More than a commemorative volume, Revisiting Bold Theological Vision is an invitation to rethink theological education, renew the Churchs public witness, and envision bold, life-giving theologies for the future of church and society in India and beyond.

Rev. Dr. Songram Basumatary is an ordained minister of the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) who hails from Assam, India. Currently, he teaches at Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute, Chennai as Professor and HoD of the Department of Theology & Ethics and also serves the College as Principal. He has written and published wide variety of articles and edited a number of books. He is the author of the book Ethnicity and Tribal Theology: Problem and Prospect for Peaceful Co-existence in North East India published by Peter Lang (2014); and co-author of the book Your History is not of Our Story: Reimaging Historiography of North East India published by CWI (2019).

Dr. Aravind Jeyakumar Moniraj, serves as Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Head of the Department of Old Testament Studies at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute, Chennai and he belongs to the Methodist Church in India (Chennai Regional Conference). Dr. Aravind has written two books: Yahweh at Work: The Significance of the theme Creation in Isaiah 40 48 (2021) and The General Introduction to the Bible and its Contents (2026) and contributed scholarly articles in the national and international journals. Dr. Aravind is a theological educator since 2005 and served in the following institutions: The Indian Theological Seminary, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and The Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Rev. Dr. Giri Krishnan, an ordained minister of Assemblies of God, India serves as Professor and Head of Religion and Philosophy at Gurukul. He is specialized in Hinduism and South Asian Religions and philosophy. His broader research includes interreligious hermeneutics, dialogue and mission, ecological theology, postcolonial studies, and gender studies. As a theological educator for over twenty years in leading theological institutions under the Senate of Serampore College (University), he supervises doctoral and masters-level dissertations. He is the author of two monographs: Sabda Pramana and Indian Biblical Hermeneutics: An Inter-Cultural Dialogue and Brahmajijnasa of Sankara as Theology: A Postcolonial Appraisal. He has presented over forty research papers in national and international academic forums, and has published widely in scholarly journals, in addition to writing devotional reflections.