Projects
Truth as event: hermeneutical theology in dialogue with Alain Badiou. KU Leuven
The Experience of God as a relational theology of creation: an Orthodox contribution from Gregory Palamas and David Bentley Hart KU Leuven
Theology of creation is neither limited by a beginning in time nor is dependent on natural phenomena. Rather, it has a narrative and theological meaning for human creatures right here and now. Based on Gregory Palamas’ (1296-1357/1359) Orthodox theology of creation, and the concept of energeia in it, as well as David Bentley Hart’s theology about the experience and aesthetic of creation and of God, this doctoral research proposes the ...
The Experiment of the Coming Kingdom. A Dominican Political Theology after Agamben KU Leuven
My project seeks to develop a theological critique of the political aspects of religious life through a reading of the political theology of Giorgio Agamben. I will confront his thought with Dominican political theologies, specifically those of Henri-Dominique Lacordaire OP, Marie-Dominique Chenu OP, and Herbert McCabe OP. This project consists of four parts. First, I would like to examine Agamben's understanding of the political aspects of ...
Doing Theology Heuristically: Methodological Stepping Stones towards an Intimate Dialogue with the Hindu Religious Other KU Leuven
The Normativity of the History: Theological Truth and Tradition in the Tension between Church History tematic Theology. KU Leuven
Liturgy: Given, Celebrated, Internalized: Connecting Theology, Performance and Prayer in the Sacramental Vision of Edward Schillebeeckx KU Leuven
To further understand the nature of the relationship between ritual and belief, this project will examine the approach taken to this question by Edward Schillebeeckx. Through close examination of the developments within Schillebeeckx’s sacramental theology, and his move to incorporate insights from ritual studies within it, this project argues that for Schillebeeckx, ritual action is of greater significance in the formation of Christian ...
Liturgical Music and Ecology: An Ecological Theology of the Entrance, Offertory and Closing Songs of the Mass - the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in Perspective KU Leuven
The goal of this research is an attempt towards an ecological theology of liturgical music with reference to the entrance, offertory and closing songs in perspective. The diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana forms the background to this research. Ecological theology here refers to a constructive theology that is concern with the interrelationnship between faith or religion and the rest of creation most expecially ...
For the Salvation of Souls: A Theology of the Religious Apostolate KU Leuven
This research is concerned with the theological motivations of the religious apostolate, in particular, the concepts of ‘contemplation in action’, ‘the salvation of souls’, and ‘the fullness of life’. The need for this research arose from the challenges faced by the consecrated women and men regarding their apostolic work due to the changes in the current socio-cultural, economic, and political context. In the contemporary literature on the ...
Political Theology in Contemporary Orthodox Christianity: A Constructive Eschatological Engagement KU Leuven
In the Orthodox milieu, the last decade witnessed an increasing interest in the relationship between the church and the contemporary socio-political sphere. Among the scholars that developed models of political theology, the most prominent and recognisable scholars are Pantelis Kalaitzidis and Davor Džalto. Both scholars underpin their vision by using the church’s eschatological character. Despite this apparent common characteristic, ...