Publications

Hettiarachchi, S., New Evangelisation and Spirituality, Ragama, Pubudu Publications, 1992
_______, Christianity Through the Third Eye, Vimikthi Publications, 1993
_______, Father Balasuriya and his contribution to Scholarship, Tissa Balasuriya OMI, (ed) G.S. B. Senanayake and Sarath Madduma, Colombo, 1994
_______, Critique of Pope John Paul II on Buddhism, The Lankan, Journal of the Sri Lankan Association of New York, May, 1995
_______, Crossing Religious Paradigms ? Budumaga, The Buddha’s Way, Sadddhatissa International Buddhist Centre, London, April- June, 1995
_______, Crossing the Threshold of Other Religious Paradigms, Pope and Buddhism, Dialogue, Vol. XXII, 1995

_______, A Community Approach to Balasuriya’s Mariology, Month, ScondN.S. 30:11, London (1997)   
_______,  & Khan, Z., Formation of the Kashmiri Ethnic Minority in Britain, Roots and Rituals, The Construction of Identities, (ed.) Dekker, T., Helsloot, J., & Wijers, C., Het Spinhuis, Amsterdam, 2000
_______, Mission Indigenous,  Movement, 105 (SCM), Spring, Birmingham, UK, 2000
_______, & Ali, L., Christian view of Mission and the Islamic Understanding of Da’wah, Christian Muslim Dialogue, A Common Thread (ed.) Hettiarachchi, S. Luton Council of Faiths, UK, July (edt.) 2002
_______ , & Khan, Z., Christian Concept of Koinonia and the Islamic Concept of Umma, Christian Muslim Dialogue, A Common Thread (ed.) Hettiarachchi,S. Luton Council of Faiths, UK, January (edt.)  2003
_______ , Postcolonial Criticism as a Cultural Tool to Reading of Holy Texts, Intertextuality of the Holy Books, (ed) Oommen, M. O. (jr.) & Karickam, A., Alexander Marthoma Centre for Dialogue, Kottarakkara, Kerala, 2004
_______, Sinhala Speaking Diaspora in Melbourne and their quest for a Cultural Spirituality, Pahana , Melbourne, April 2004
_______, Majority-minority conflicts and the European Union, Pahana, Melbourne, July 2004
_______, Sri Lankaness and the Australian Identity, Pahana,  Melbourne, August 2004
_______, The Sri Lankan Polity within Geopolitics of South Asia, Pahana,  Melbourne, October 2004
_______, Economic Immigrants and their contribution to the Economy, Pahana, Melbourne, March 2005
_______, Sinhalanees and Being Buddhist, Pahan,  Melbourne, April 2005
_______, Australian Identity and Immigrant Communities, Pahana, Melbourne, June 2005
________, Globalisation and the Clash of Civilisation,  Pahana, Melbourne,  November 2005
________, Presidential  Election, Hardcore Politics and Sri Lanka’s Future, Uthayam, Melbourne, November 2005
________ , Post presidential Elections, Two Movements Heading Towards National  Liberation?, Uthayam, Melbourne, December 2005.
________, The Political Role of Sri Lankan Bhikkhus, Pahana, Melbourne, January  2006
________,  Multiculturalism and Minorities, Uthayam,  Melbourne, April 2006
_______,  Ethno-religious Nationalism in the Face of Cultural Universalism: An Analysis of the Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist Claims to Order Society, Philosophical Perspectives on Globalization (ed.) Philip Cam, Rainier A. Ibana, Pham Van Duc,  APPEND, Vol 5 UNESCO, Korea, 2006
_______, Re-imagining God in Diasporic Communities: The Sinhala Community in Melbourne as a Case Study. Crossing Borders: Shaping faith, ministry and Identity in Multi cultural Australia (ed) Helen Richmond and Myong Duk Yang, UCA Assembly and NSW Board of Mission, Sydney, 2006
_______,  “Multicultural Competence of Jesus: A Cultural Hermeneutic of the Luckan Narrative”. One Word, Many Versions: A Re-reading of the Holy Books – Essays on Intertextuality, (eds) Ruwan Palapathwala and Abraham Karickam, Dr. Alexander Marthoma Centre for Dialogue  and Cosmic Community Centre, Kottarakara, Kerala, 2007
________, Tamil Tiger ‘Martyrdom’ in Sri Lanka: Faith in Suicide for Nationhood?, Politics and Religion, Vol II, Centre for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance, Belgrade, 2007
________, Turkish Muslims and Islamic Turkey: Perspectives for a new European Islamic Identity, Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gulen Movement International Conference Proceedings, Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007
_________,Investing in the ‘Faithful Capital’ as a Means to social Change and Political Imagination (British Context with some Global Implications), Religion and Politics, Vol II No 1 Centre for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance, Belgrade, 2008
__________, Countering the Single Narrative: A Case for Ideological Rehabilitation, Terrorist Rehabilitation, Internationals Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, ICVPTR, Singapore, 2009
___________, Buddhist Thought and Practice,  A Guide to Religious Thought and Practices, (ed.) Patro, S.K., SPCK, London, 2010
__________, Community Engagement to Counter Deviant and Radical Ideologies, Rehabilitation and Deradicalisation of Militant Extremists, FATA Capacity Building Project, FATA Secretariat, Spinzer Printers, Peshawar, 2010
__________,Was Jesus a Monotheist?, Lakbima, Colombo, 2011
___________, Discovering through Death: Beliefs and Practices, Buddhism, Muslim Burial Council of Leicestershire (MBCOL), Leicester, UK,  2011
___________, ‘My Text’ and ‘their texts’: Burdens, dilemmas and imaginative leaps in the world of Holy Texts, Holy Books in Differing Faiths, Kottarakkara, 2011
___________, Sufficiency and Material Development:A Post Secular Reflection in the light of Buddhist thought, European Review, Vol.20, Issue 01, 2012
___________, Who Says Who is Right  &  Wrong in a Conflict? The Victim-Perpetrator-Cycle of Conflict,   Talking of Conflict: Christian Reflections in the Context of Israel-Palestine Conflict, (ed), Clements, J., Matador, Leicester, 2012
___________,Turkish Muslims and Islamic Turkey: Perspectives for a New European Islamic Identity, European Muslims, Civility and Public Life: Perspectives on and From the Gulen Movement (ed), Weller, P. & Yilmaz, I, Continuum, London, 2012
___________, Rediscovering Doubt as a Positive Tool of Interpretation, My life and My Faith  (ed.) Ricci, M., Leicester Quaker Press, Leicester, 2012
___________, A Christian Reflection on Relations with Muslims and Islam, Beyond the Dysfunctional Family: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue with one another and with Britain, (ed.) Bayfield, T., Race, A., Siddiqui, A.,  Manor House Group, 2012
___________, Faithing the Native Soil: Dilemmas and Aspirations of Post colonial Buddhists and Christians  in Sri Lanka, CSR Printers, (author Publication) Colombo, 2012
___________, The Living WORD in the Words of the Living, Holy Books and Life After Life, Karickam, A., & Palapathwala, R., Kottarakara Papers, Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma Centre for Dialogue, Kottarakara and Cosmic Community Centre, Karickam, 2013
___________, Re-strengthening CHGOM and its Future, CHOGM 2013: Facets of Opportunity for Sri Lanka (ed. Athugala, A Senadhira, S., Chandrasiri, H.), Department of Government Information, Colombo, 2013
__________,  Post-conflict Democracy, Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development, Special Report (The CHOGM 2013 Taskforce), FIRST, London, 2013
___________, India’s Reality, Dilemma and Neighbors, The Nation, Part I, II, III & VI  April – May, Colombo, 2013
___________, A Study on the Art of Coexisting, The Nation,  Colombo, June 2013
___________, Reconciliation is a Two Way Street,  The Nation,  Coombo,  August 2013
__________, Rising above Stunts, Summersaults and Acrobatics: A Foreign Policy Analysis,  The Nation, November, Colombo,  2013
__________, Colonial Mindset and Foreign Policy, The Nation,  Colombo, December 2013
_________, Global Politics Shifting Foreign Policy, The Nation,   Colombo, January 2014
_________, Global Policing and Sovereignty, The Nation, Colombo,  January 2014
_________, Sovereignty and Regionalism, The Nation, Colombo, February 2014
________, Democracy: Role of the Opposition, The Nation, Colombo,  March 2014
________, India’s Prosperity depends on Healthy Diplomatic Relations, The Nation,  Colombo, April 2014
_______, Indian Political Desires and Modi’s Mode, The Nation, Colombo, May 2014
_______, Apolitical Candidacy to Presidency: Reflection of Political Bankruptcy, The Nation, Colombo, June 2014
_______, Crossing the Diplomatic Line, The Nation,  Colombo, August 2014
_______, The Unholy Issue of a Diplomatic Tryst (Part I) , The Nation, Colombo, September  2014
________, The Tamil National Alliance’s ‘Foreignness’ (Part II), The Nation,  Colombo, October  2014
________, Narrative-Narrator Dilemma, The Nation,  Colombo, October 2014
________, De-stabilizing Politics, The Nation, Colombo, November 2014
________,  Is the Opposition a ‘Progressive Alternative’?, The Nation, Colombo, November  2014
_______, Men at Election 2015! The Nation, Colombo, December  2014
_______, Victory and Defeat: Election 2015, The Nation, Colombo, January 2015
_______, Mandated  for Change?, The Nation,  Colombo, January 2015
___________, Buddhist and Christian Reading of Eco-Spirituality as an Ethical Praxis, Holy Books and Eco-Spirituality, (ed) Karickam, A., Dr. Alexander Marthoma Centre for Dialogue  and Cosmic Community Centre, Kottarakara, Kerala, 2015
_________, Diyawanna’s Un-Mandated PM, The Nation, Colombo, February 2015
_________, Promise Not What Cannot be Delivered, The Nation, Colombo, March  2015
_________, North and South Trust Deficit, The Nation, Colombo, March 2015
________, Majority-minority Wedlock or Deadlock?, The Nation, Colombo, April 2015
________, Political Appeasement: A Professional Hazard, The Nation, Colombo, April, 2015
________, Handling ‘the Mahinda Phenomenon’, The Nation, Colombo, May, 2015
_______, Nationalism and Patriotism: A Withering Line, The Nation, Colombo, May 2015
_______, Is President Sirisena Surfing a Post-ideology Political Wave?. The Nation, Colombo, May 2015
________, A Post-ideology Political Wave? (Part I), The Nation, Colombo, June 2015
________, Post-ideology Parliamentarians, (Part II), The Nation, Colombo, June 2015
________, Defeatist Promptings, The Nation, Colombo, October 2015
_________, Core Affinities of Buddhist-Christian Discipleship: An Attempt to Recover a Spiritual Ecumenism, A Journey of Peace: Forty yeasrs in a Dialogical Pilgrimage, Essays and Writings in honour of Dr. Abraham Karickam, (ed) Matthew , J. P., Cosmic Community Centre (CCC) Karickam, Kerala, 2015
________, An Epochal Trendsetter, Fr. Aloysius Pieris sj, A Feature, Daily Mirror, December, 2015
____________,  Avowing Religious Identity and the Religious Other: A Postcolonial Perspective,  in Twenty- First Century Theologies of Religions, Retrospectives and Future Prospects, (ed) Harris, E. J., Hedges, P., Hettiarachchi, S., Current Encounter Series, Brill/Rodopi, Leiden/ Boston, 2016
__________, Consequences of Radicalization of Religion, (editorial) SOCIAL JUSTICE, (Vol. 39, No 194, June/July 2018) Centre for Society and Religion (CSR), Colombo.
__________, Navigation in the Asia Pacific Region: Sea faring Instincts of Beijing, (editorial) SOCIAL JUSTICE (Vol. 40, No.195, Nov./Dec. 2018 ), Centre for Society and Religion (CSR), Colombo.

__________, Devdahamkaranayaka Anumathiya (Imprimatur for Thelogisation?), Devanawathikanu Kathikave Lankeya Sandarbhaya (Felisitation volume for Reid Shelton (ed) Hettiarachchi, S., Fernando W.R., Nilukani, E., 2018, S. Godage & Brothers, Colombo, 2018. 
__________, A Survey of the DNA of the Politics of Alliances, (editorial) SOCIAL JUSTICE (Vol. 42, No.197, Aug./Sept. 2019) Centre for Society and Religion (CSR), Colombo.

______, Some Anglican Social Responses Countering the Thatcherite Socio-economic Dogmatism: A reading by an outsider with an inside-insight https://anglicanism.org/some-anglican-social-responses-countering-the-thatcherite-socio-economic-dogmatism-a-reading-by-an-outsider-with-an-inside-insight, July 2021

______, Karl Rahner’s Meaning of Freedom and Mohandas Gandhi’s Paradigm of Freedom Struggle: A Reading and an Insight into ‘freedom to do good’ South Asian Journal of Religion & Philosophy ( SAJRP), Minhaj University press, Lahore,  Vol. 2 No. 1 (Feb/March 2021)

His next book is in progress on Savakatta, scheduled to be published during the Vassana period 2022.

Translating Kahlil Gibran’s THE PROPHET into Sinhala, persmission being pursued, January 2022.