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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vengal Chakkarai
| birth_name = Vengal Chakkarai Chettiar
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1880|1|17}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1958|6|14|1880|1|17}}
|office = President of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]
|term_start = 1949
|term_end = 1957
|predecessor = [[S.A. Dange]]
|successor = [[S.S. Mirajkar]]
| occupation = theologian, activist
}}

'''Vengal Chakkarai Chettiar''' (17 January 1880 – 14 June 1958) was an Indian Christian theologian, missionary, independence activist, politician and trade unionist.<ref Name="Teologia">{{in lang|en}} Andreas Anangguru Yewangoe.1987.''Theologia crucis in Asia: Asian Christian views on suffering in the face of overwhelming poverty and multifaceted religiosity in Asia''. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi BV. pp. 59-80.</ref> He was the former president of [[AITUC]]

==Early life==

Chakkarai was born to a [[Hindu]] [[Chettiar]] family.<ref name="Teologia"/><ref name="Riwayat">{{in lang|id}} FD Wellem.1993.''Riwayat Hidup Singkat Tokoh-Tokoh Dalam Sejarah Gereja''. Jakarta: PT BPK Gunung Mulia. p. 75-77</ref> He was educated at the Scottish Mission School, [[Madras Christian College]], graduating in 1901 after majoring in [[philosophy]].<ref name="Teologia"/> He then studied at [[Madras Law College]], and practiced for some time as a lawyer.

==Career==
In 1913, Chakkarai joined the Danish Mission Room as a Christian preacher and worked as a missionary for twenty years. During these years, he also became a disciple of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and participated in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He served as [[mayor]] of [[Madras]] from 1941 to 1942. He was the president of [[ All India Trade Union Congress]] from 1954 to 1957.

==Theology==

Chakkarai tried to explain the Christian faith through the [[Hinduism]] point of view.<ref name="Teologia"/> This can be seen when he tried to find the meaning of [[cross]] for the followers of Christianity with how to get [[moksha]].<ref name="Teologia"/>

Some of the Chakkarai's point of view about Christianity:<ref name="Teologia"/>
* [[Jesus]] is truly human (''sat purusa'').
* [[Holy Spirit]] is Christ himself who continues to exist and work until now.
* [[God]] can not be seen as the creator of [[sin]].
* Humans themselves are responsible for the sins that they commit.
* Knowledge of God is not something that is intellectual (''jnana''), but a personal experience of God (''anubhava'').
* Sin is seen as the handcuffs (''pasa''), which prevents the human soul (''pasu'') to reach [[God]].
* The essence of sin is the desire to find "the mystery of the forbidden".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book|title=Jesus as Guru: The image of Christ among the Hindus and Christians in India|first=Jan Peter|last=Schouten|pages=117–119|publisher=Rodopi|year=2008}}

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