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A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
1. Personal
Stan Chu Ilo
Home Address
642 West Deming Place, Chicago, IL. 60614, USA
Phone: 7733254157
Email: [email protected]
Degrees:
Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil), First Class Honors, Best Graduating
Student Award. Pontifical Urban University, Rome, 1993
Bachelor of Divinity (BD), Second Class Upper, Best graduating
student Award Pontifical Urban University, Rome, 1998
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, Maryvale Institute
Birmingham, UK, 2005.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, Maryvale Institute,
Birmingham, UK, 2006
Master of Theology (Th.M), University of St Michael’s College and
University of Toronto,
2006.
Thesis: African Contextual Christology: A Comparative Study of the
Christologies of Charles Nyamiti and Benezet Bujo and their Implications
for African Theologies.
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL), First Class, Regis College,
Toronto, 2006.
Research Paper: “‘Who is This of whom I hear such things?’
Exploring Lukan Christology through Herod’s Question in Luke 9.”
Master of Arts (MA) in Educational and Pastoral Studies
(Specialism: Catholic Educational Leadership), Distinction, Maryvale
Institute, Birmingham and Open University, London, 2008.
Thesis: The Nature and Foundation of Human Rights Education in
Catholic Social Teaching.
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (PhD), University of St Michael’s
College, Toronto (2011)
Thesis: Cross-Cultural Currents in Sub-Saharan African Christianity:
Explorations Toward a Missional Cultural Hermeneutical Methodology.
Candidate for the Doctor of Sociology of Education (D.ED),
University of South Africa, Pretoria.
Thesis Title: Towards Diversity and Equity Education in Catholic High
Schools: An Ethnographic Study of the Toronto Catholic District School
Board’s Equity and Inclusivity Program. Director: Dr Mishack Gumbo
(expected completion date June, 2015).
2. Employment
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1993-1996, Instructor, Institute of Ecumenical Education, Enugu,
Nigeria
(now
Bishop
Okoye
Memorial
University),
an
undergraduate teachers’ institute.
Courses taught: Education for Tolerance in Pluralistic Societies;
Foundations of African Traditional Religions; Introduction to World
Religions.
1993-1994 Students Affairs Officer, Institute of Ecumenical
Education, Enugu, Nigeria.
1999-2001, Special Assistant on Pastoral Affairs and member
Pastoral Department, Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria,
Catholic Secretariat, Lagos, Nigeria.
2002-2006, Diocesan Master of Ceremonies and member Diocesan
Clergy Personnel Board, Peterborough Diocese, Ontario, Canada
2006-2008, Member, Review Committee on the Curriculum on
Religious Education and Family Life, Peterborough, Victoria,
Northumberland, Clarington District Separate School Board,
Peterborough, Ontario.
2007-2008, Instructor, House of Discernment, Sacred Heart College,
Peterborough, course validated by St Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto,
a member of the Toronto School of Theology. Course Taught:
Introduction to Catholic Studies: Scripture and Tradition.
2011-present, Editor-in-Chief, African Christian Studies Series,
Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Oregon, USA.
2013-present, Member, Social Justice Committee, Toronto Catholic
District School Board
2012 granted associate status for advanced degrees and began to
supervise graduate thesis. Supervised four master of arts dissertation.
2010-2013, University of St Michael’s College, Toronto, Assistant
Professor, religion and education and Director of Field Education.
2014: Assistant Professor, Research Fellow, Center for World
Catholicism and Inter-Cultural Theology, Catholic Studies
Department, DePaul University, Chicago, USA.
3. Professional Affiliations and Activities
African Studies Association
Peer-reviewer of articles for African Studies Journal; International
Journal of African Catholicism; Ecclesiology
Book Reviewer, Catholic Library World; Ecclesiology; Catholic Register;
International Journal of African Catholicism
American Missiological Society
Association of Leadership Educators
Canadian Educational Association
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Canadian Theological Society
International Association for the Study of the History of Religions
International Association of Missiological Studies
Catholic Theological Society of America
Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
Society for Christian Ethics
International Association of Humanitarian Studies
Communicative Theology Network, Center for Practical Theology,
University of Innsbruck, Austria.
• Commentator and pundit on African Affairs and World Catholicism
with Canada Television (CTV) since 2013; Chicago Sun Times since
2014.
• CNN expert on ‘African Voices’ since 2013
• Columnist, Catholic Register, the largest Catholic newspaper in
Canada
• Aljezeera TV expert on ‘African Christianity’ since 2013
• Consulting student mentor, Engineers Without Borders USAUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.
• Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Vulnerable Mission
• Founder Canadian Samaritans for Africa, a registered Canadian
charity.
• Member, International Advisory Board, African Network for Peace
and Justice.
• Ambassador for Peace, Universal Peace Federation/United Nations.
4. Language Proficiency
English: Reading, Writing, and Speaking (excellent)
Italian: Reading, writing and speaking (above average)
French: Reading (excellent), writing (average) and speaking (average)
Igbo (African): Reading, writing, speaking (excellent)
NT Greek (50%)
OT Hebrew (50%)
B. ACADEMIC HISTORY
1. Academic Specialization and Core Competence
(i) African Catholicism, World Catholicism, World Christianity,
Catholic Studies, Inter-Cultural theology, ecumenical and interfaith theologies; theologies of inculturation in Africa (ii) theologies
of Social ministry, socio-cultural analysis in theological methods,
project management in faith-based charities; theologies of social
transformation (iii) religious education; pastoral leadership; equity
and diversity in faith-based education; Catholic Social Teaching;
History of the Development of Catholic Thought; History of World
Religions, Vatican II (iv) the Augustinian-Thomistic philosophy and
theology (especially the writings of Augustine on teaching and
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learning, rhetoric, secularity; and Aquinas on sacra doctrina);
Balthasar on theological aesthetics; Lonergan on method in
theology; John Paul II’s Christian humanism; and Ecclesiology in
the works of Yves Congar and theology of laity in the Catholic
tradition.
Academic Award/Grant
2012: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC) and University of St Michael’s Presidential Grant for
school based research on “Towards Multicultural and Diversity
Education in Catholic Education”
C. COURSES TAUGHT 2014/2015
• Introduction to Catholicism (CTH 180)
• Catholicism in Modern History (CTH 206)
• Introduction to African Catholicism ABD
• Catholicism and Slavery
• Multiculturalism Seminar
D. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
A. Refereed Articles
Stan Chu Ilo, “Blacks against Blacks: Homelessness to Reconciliation”
in African Ecclesial Review, Vol. 51, no1&2 (March-June, 2009),
78-104.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Towards an African Theology of Reconciliation: A
Missiological Reflection on the Instrumentum Laboris of the Second
African Synod” in The Heythrop Journal, vol. 53, no. 6 (November
2012): 1005-1025.
Stan Chu Ilo, “The Second African Synod and the Challenges of
Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa’s Social Context: A
Missionary Theological Praxis of Reconciliation—Part 1”,
Missiology: An International Review, vol. XL, no. 2 (April 2012):
195-204.
Stan Chu Ilo, “The Second African Synod and the Challenges of
Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace in Africa’s Social Context: A
Missionary Theological Praxis of Reconciliation—Part 2, Missiology:
An International Review, vol.XL, no. 3 (July, 2012): 249-260.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Catholic Education and the Challenges of Human and
Cultural Development in Africa: Some Proposals for InterUniversity Partnership” in ACUHIAM Journal of Education
(ACUHIAM: Association of Catholic Universities and Higher
Institutes of Africa and Madagascar), vol. 2, no. 1 (2011-2012): 5583.
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Stan Chu Ilo, “Africa’s Place in World Christianity: Towards a
Theology of Inter-Cultural Friendship” in Toronto Journal of
Theology, vol. 29, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 125-142.
Stan Chu Ilo, “From Caritas in Veritate to Africae Munus: Pope
Benedict XVI’s Social Teaching on Participation and Gratuity:
Some Theological Principles and Practices for Catholic Higher
Education in Africa” in ACUHIAM, vol 3. No. 1, Summer 2015.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Africae Munus and the Challenges of Social
Transformation and Theological Praxis in Africa’s Social Context”,
Transformation, an international Journal of Holistic Mission
Studies,Oxford Center for Mission Studies, vol 31, no. 2 (April 2014):
116-131.
Stan Chu Ilo, “The Church of the Poor: Towards an Ecclesiology of
Vulnerable Mission” in Ecclesiology, Journal of Ministry, Mission
and Unity, vol 10, no. 2 (May 2014): 229-250.
B. Books and Chapters
Stan Chu Ilo, “Adoption Cannot Help other Countries” in Noel
Merion, ed., Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints:
Adoption (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Cengale Learning, 2009),
36-41.
Stan Chu Ilo, The Face of Africa: Looking Beyond the Shadows
(Ibadan, Nigeria: Spectrum Press, 2008).
Stan Chu Ilo, “Beginning Afresh from Christ in the Search for
Abundant Life in Africa” in Stan Chu Ilo, et al, ed. , The
Church as Salt and Light: Path to An African Ecclesiology of
Abundant Life (Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications,
2011): 1-33.
Stan Chu Ilo, et al, ed. , The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an
African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life (Eugene, Oregon:
Pickwick Publications, 2011).
Stan Chu Ilo, The Church and African Development: Aid and
Development from the Perspectives of Catholic Social
Ethics (Nairobi: Paulines Africa, 2013).
Stan Chu Ilo, Discover your Divine Investment: The Path to Spiritual
Joy (Toronto: Catholic Register Books, 2012).
Stan Chu Ilo, “Cross-Currents in African Christianity: Lessons for
Inter- Cultural
Hermeneutics
of
Friendship
and
Participation”, a chapter in a forthcoming book,
Where we Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in
the 21st Century, ed. Gerard Manion (Continuum Books,
to be released in Spring, 2015).
Stan Chu Ilo, “Methods and Models for Doing Theology in Africa”
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chapter in Orobator, A. , ed. Theological Reimagination:
Conversations on Church, Religion, and Society in Africa
(Nairobi, Kenya: Paulines Publications Africa, 2014): 115-130.
Stan Chu Ilo, “The Church of Pope Francis: A New Ecclesiology” in
Theological Reimaginations: The Church We Want, ed. A.
Orobator (Nairobi, Kenya: Paulines Publications Africa),
forthcoming.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Roman Catholic Ecclesiology in Africa” entry in the
Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology, ed. Paul Avis, (Oxford: Oxford
University Press), (forthcoming).
3. Some Significant Commissioned Essays in Public Discourse
Stan Chu Ilo, “Canada’s Beauty Reflected in Catholic Universities”,
commissioned three page essay in Catholic Register, February 2, 2013.
http://www.catholicregister.org/columns/guestcolumnists/item/15791-canada’s-beauty-reflected-in-catholicuniversities
Stan Chu Ilo, “Why the Next Pope Should Be African”, commissioned
op-ed for CNN International, February 13, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/13/opinion/african-pope-stan-llo
Stan Chu Ilo, “What Africans Want from the Next Pope” commissioned
op-ed, for CNN International, March 5, 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/what-africans-wantpope-ilo
Stan Chu Ilo, “What Happens in the Catholic Church Matters to
Everyone”, commissioned op-ed for the CTV, Toronto, March 13,
2013.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pope/opinion-what-happens-in-thecatholic-church-matters-to-everyone-1.1193979.
“Rome and the Margins” , documentary commissioned and produced
together on World Catholicism with Al Jazeera Television Network,
March 26, 2013.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/general/2013/03/20133251
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Pope Francis: The Reformer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-chu-ilo/
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Obama and the Right Faith
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-chu-ilo/
4. Completed Manuscripts Submitted/in Preparation
Stan Chu Ilo, Suffering and Smiling: The Trials and Triumph of God’s
People in Africa
(Completed and being edited. Expected date of publication and
release by Paulines Publications Africa, November, 2015).
Stan Chu Ilo, From Vatican II to Africae Munus: Traditions, Transitions
and Transformations in African Catholicism (current research).
Stan Chu Ilo (co-author with Paul Boston), Transformational FaithBased Educational Leadership (in preparation).
Stan Chu Ilo, God in Africa: Religion and the Fate of Africa in World
History (ongoing book project).
5. Selected Invited Academic Papers Presented at Meetings and
Symposia ( 2009-2014)
Stan Chu Ilo, Sacra Doctrina and Cultural Hermeneutics in Aquinas:
New Questions from the Global South, Lonergan Research Institute,
Toronto, Seminar Series, February 26, 2009.
Stan Chu Ilo, Campaigning for Eco-Justice in African Communities:
How Local NGOs are Internationalizing the Ecological Concerns in
African Communities, a paper presented at the 12th International
Conference of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research, Ben
Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel, March 19,
2009.
Stan Chu Ilo, Climate Change as a Moral Issue: An African Story of the
World, a paper given at a two day international conference on
“Climate Change as a Moral Issue” sponsored by Oikos Center of
the University of Calgary, the Ellen Elliot Institute for Ecological
Ethics at the University of Toronto, and the United Church of
Canada 16th April, 2010.
Stan Chu Ilo, Explorations on the Possibility of a Cultural
Hermeneutical Method in African Christianity: A Post-Colonial
Critique Paper delivered at the xxi International World Congress on
Religion as a Human Phenomenon, University of Toronto, Canada,
20th August, 2010.
Stan Chu Ilo, The Spiritual Formation of the Catholic Teacher, a Paper
Presented at the First Basilian Seminar on Religion and Education,
University of St Michael’s College, Toronto, May 16th, 2011.
Stan Chu Ilo, Africa’s Place in World Christianity: A Critical Study in the
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Search for Cross-Cultural Friendship, a Paper Presented at the
Canadian Theological Society Congress, University of St Thomas,
Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 1, 2011.
Stan Chu Ilo, Cross-Currents in African Christianity: Lessons for InterCultural Hermeneutics of Friendship and Participation,
International Conference on Ecumenical and Inter-Religious
Dialogue, Assisi, Italy, April 16, 2012.
Stan Chu Ilo, Learning to Teach and Teaching to Love in Augustine: A
Challenge to Today’s Faith Educator, Basilian Seminar on
Religion and Education, University of St Michael’s College, May 23,
2012.
Stan Chu Ilo, Religion as Social Capital: Working as People of Faith for
Human and Cosmic Flourishing, Key note Speaker, End of
Ramadan Lecture, Inter-Cultural Dialogue Institute, Toronto,
Canada, 16 August, 2012.
Stan Chu Ilo, Do we Still Need Religion: Islam, Christianity and the
Secular West, Treehouse Talks, Toronto Reference Library,
November, 8, 2012.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Vatican II and the Challenges of Inter-Faith Dialogue in
African Christianity”, invited paper presented at the Conference on
Vatican II and Dialogue, Center for Research on Vatican II, St
Michael’s College, University of Toronto, Canada, May 21, 2014.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Ethical Questions in Peace Keeping in the African SubRegion”, panellist at the International Conference on Canada and
Peace Keeping in the World, Universal Federation of Peace, Ottawa,
May 27, 2014.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Africa: A Lost Continent”, public lecture at Mission
Occasional International Lecture Series, Ottensheim, Austria, June
16, 2014.
Stan Chu Ilo, “Retrieving Cultural Biography in Communicative Theology”,
key note presentation at the Congress on Communicative Theology,
University of Innsbruck, Austria, June 18, 2014.
6. Invited Lectures
Workshop Leader, The Spirituality of Pastoral Care in Nursing Homes
Professional Development Seminar for Administrators and Directors of
Care, Omni Way Chain, Peterborough, On, 27th January, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, Solidarity and Partnership between the North and the
South in African Development, Great Lake Regional Conference,
Engineers Without Borders-USA, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, September 28, 2008.
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Guest Speaker, The Challenges of Leadership in Black Communities in
Canada, Black History Month Lecture, Catholic Caribbean
Community, February 5, 2009.
Guest Speaker, Lecture Series, Peterborough Diocesan Evangelization
Office, VEYO, Evangelization and the Challenges of Secularism in
Canada, September 9, 2009.
Guest Lecturer, Workshop for Principals in the Peterborough,
Northumberland, Victoria, Clarington, District Separate School Board,
Religion and Multiculturalism in Canada, February 7, 2010.
Guest Speaker, Social Justice Forum, St Therese Church,
Peterborough Diocese, Ontario, The Catholic Church as a Force for
Good in the World: Addressing the Crisis of Clerical Sexual Abuse,
September 27, 2010.
Guest Speaker, Catholic Women League Social Justice Retreat, St
Mary’s Parish Lindsay, Lifting the Poor from the Pit in the Spirit of Pope
Benedict XVI’s Charity in Truth, April 31, 2011.
Guest Lecturer, Catholic Education Week, Spiritual animation for
Catholic School Board staff, Peterborough, Northumberland, Victoria,
Clarington, District Separate School Board, Opening Doors: The
Treasure of Catholic Education, May 5, 2011.
Keynote Speaker, Great Lakes Regional Conference, Engineers
Without Borders-USA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, The
Power of WE: Building a Better Possible World as Global Citizens
November 6, 2011.
Workshop Facilitator, Dufferin and Peel Catholic District School
Board’s Faith Ambassadors. Theme: Growing Together in Faith.
November 1, 2012.
Guest Speaker, Acceptance in the Year of Faith: Encouraging our
Children’s Spiritual Journey in the Year of Faith, Mississauga North
Family of Schools, Catholic School Council Chair, February 19, 2013.
Workshop Presentation, The Dignity of Difference: The Transforming
Power of Educating for Diversity: Seven Hopeful Steps for Educators,
Equity and Inclusive Education Professional Learning Series, Toronto
Catholic District School Board, April 9, 2013.
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Annual Retreat for the Trustees of the Dufferin and Peel Catholic
District School Board, January 16, 2013, theme: Transformative
Leadership for Catholic Schools: Seven Helpful Steps
Annual Staff Retreat, Dante Aleghieri Academy, March 21, 2013,
theme: Growing Together in Faith: Building the Community of Faith in
our Catholic Schools.
Parish Lenten Mission, SS Peter and Paul Parish, Mississauga, theme:
He Loved his Own to the End: Three Meditations on the Mystery of the
Eucharist, March 21, 2013.
Panel Chair, Internationalizing Christian Higher Education in Africa:
Partnership Between African Christian Academies and the West at the
International Conference of the International Association of Christian
Higher Education (IAPCHE), Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
May 23, 2013.
Distinguished Public Lecturer, Currents in World Christianity: The
Challenges of Inter-Cultural Communication and Catechesis, Center for
Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Innsbruck,
Austria, June 14, 2013.
Panel Chair, Religion and Tolerance in Muslim-Christian Relations in
Africa: Going Beyond the Western Paradigm, Ecumenical and InterFaith Gathering, The Ecclesiological Investigations International
Research Network, Belgrade, Serbia, June 17, 2013.
Plenary Speaker, Method and Model of African Theology, International
Colloquium on Theology, Religion and Society in Africa, Hekima
Center for Peace and International Studies, Nairobi, Kenya, August
15, 2013.
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Service to the Academy and the Wider Community
Columnist The Catholic Register
Blogger, Huffington Post
Guest columnist, Premium Times
Guest, Huffington live Post on Two Years of the Papacy of Francis
Provided free research and consultation for the following media
channels during the papal succession: CBC, Economist, Toronto Star,
Al Jezeera, CTV, Maclean Magazine, Chicago Sun and NPR, my
perspectives were widely quoted in the special edition for the papal
inauguration of Maclean’s Magazine in April 2013 and in the
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influential US Congressional Journal, CQ Researcher, Vol. 23, no. 21,
June 7, 2013.
Provided expert opinion on the Synod on the Family to Chicago Sun
Times.
Editor, African Christian Studies Series, Pickwick Publications, Wipf
and Stock Publishers.
Member, International Advisory Board, Alliance for Vulnerable
Mission
Ambassador of Peace, Universal Peace Federation
Founder and President, Canadian Samaritans for Africa
References:
Prof Kathleen Roberts Skerrett
Dean School of Arts and Sciences
Richmond University
[email protected]
22 Boatwright Library Administrative Wing
Phone: 804-289-8416
Fax: (804) 289-8818
Prof Bill Cavanaugh
Professor of Catholic Studies
Director Center for World Catholicism and Inter-Cultural Theology
DePaul University, Chicago
[email protected]
773-325-4158
Prof Emmanuel Katongole
Associate Professor of World Religions and World Church
University of Notre Dame
104 Hesburgh Center;
Phone: (574) 631-0254
Fax : (574) 631-6973
E-mail : [email protected]
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