Junior Research Fellows
Daniel Lagat
PhD candidate, Moi University (Eldoret, Kenya)
Dissertation topic: "Faith and Environmental Adaptation in Kenya: The Case of Christian Impact Mission in Yatta Constituency"
Rev. Anthony Atansi
PhD candidate, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
Dissertation topic: "Transforming Christology: Towards a Socially Transformative Christopraxis from the Grassroots Christological (Re)Imagination in the African Context"
2017-18 Research Fellows
Nathanaël Yaovi Soede (Winter & Spring 2018)
Lecturer and researcher, Institut Catholique Missionnaire d'Abidjan
(Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
Research project: Exploring a theology of
wealth and security which we can promote In today's global context of
violence and insecurity, in order to guarantee the peaceful coexistence
of societies
Paul Kollman, CSC (Fall 2017)
Associate Professor of Theology; Leo & Arlene Hawk Executive Director of the Center for Social Concerns
University of Notre Dame
Research project: Drawing
connections between Africa's past role in the early Church and
its present and future importance, and exploring what its growing role means
for the Church on a global level
2016-17 Research Fellows
Virginia Azcuy (Winter 2017)
Professor of Theology & Chair of Spiritual Theology, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Research project: Using fieldwork and
qualitative research (i.e., personal interviews and real-life
conversations) in the study of theology
Emmanuel S. de Guzman (Fall 2016)
Professor of Theology, St. Vincent School of Theology (Manila)
Chair of Board of Trustees, Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines
Research project: Exploring the Church as "one" in Southeast Asia from an intercultural perspective
Rev. Simon C. Kim (Fall 2016)
Assistant Professor in Theology, University of Holy Cross
(New Orleans) Research project: An intercultural theological reflection on racism and the Catholic Church
Rev. Simon C. Kim (Fall 2015)
Thomas E. Chambers Assistant Professor of Theology, University of Holy Cross (New Orleans)
Research project: Tracing the historical developments of Christological images as the source of evangelization of new cultures, with a focus on the global South
Rev. Laurenti Magesa (Spring 2016)
Professor of Moral & African Theology, Hekima Jesuit School of Theology and Tangaza University College
(Nairobi) Research project: Jesus as "healer" for the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa and the embodiment of the African worldview of ongoing healing and life's flourishing
Junior Research Fellows
Kristine Meneses
PhD candidate, Theological Ethics
St. Vincent School of Theology, Adamson University (Manila)
Gabriel M. de los Santos
Daniel F. Pilario, CM
Dean & Professor, St. Vincent School of Theology, Adamson University (Manila)
Research project: "Doing Theology in a Garbage Dump: The 'Rough Grounds' & Theological Method"
Emmanuel Katongole
Associate Professor of Theology & Peace Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Marcelo Timotheo da Costa
Chair & Professor of History, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira (Niterói, Brazil)
Research project: "Liberation Theology Celebrates St. Francis: The
Poverello of Assisi According to Leonardo Boff"
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ
Nairobi, Kenya
- Provincial of Eastern African Province, Society of Jesus
- Research project: "Religion, Church & Society in Africa"
Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Associate Professor of Theology and Vice Dean of Center of Theology & Human Sciences
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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Research project: "Mysticism, Witnessing & Community—The Martyr
Communities of Tibhirine & San Salvador
Diego Irarrázaval, CSC
Santiago, Chile- Professor of Theology, Universidad Católica Silva Henriquez
- Research project: "Christianity & Marian Spirituality in South American Peoples"
Pantelis Kalaitzidis
Volos, Greece
- Director, Volos Academy for Theological Studies
- Professor of Systematic Theology, Hellenic Open University
- Professor of Religious Studies, University of Thessaly
Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJNairobi, Kenya- Provincial of Eastern African Province, Society of Jesus
- Research project: "A Global Sign of Outward Grace:The Sacramentality of the World Church in the Era of Globalization" (PDF)
Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Associate Professor of Theology and Vice Dean of Center of Theology & Human Sciences
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Research project: "The Witness of Dorothy Day & the Future of Liberation Theology" (video)
Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Associate Professor of Theology and Dean of Center of Theology & Human Sciences
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Research project: The Mystery & the World: Passion for God in Times of Disbelief (currently available in Portuguese only)
Robert L. Wilken
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity
University of Virginia
- Research project:The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (link)
Emmanuel KatongoleAssociate Professor of Theology & Peace Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame
- Research project:The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa (link)