The national workshop led by Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bengaluru and College of the Holy Cross, Worcester USA at Christ university campus in Bangalore from 12-15 January 2015 was attended by Dr. Jenee Peter. She moderated a plenary session on Family, Marriage and Gender Roles on 13th and presented a paper on indigenization of the Syrian Church in Kerala through archaeological and historical evidence and by interpreting cultural symbols. Trade as a vehicle of religion, particularly the spread of Christianity from the coast to the hinterland of Kerala was explored. These possibilities were further explored during the discussions. The workshop was attended by forty delegates including liturgists, theologians, folklorists, anthropologists, experts from media studies and gender studies, activists, historians and archaeologists.
