Research Archive
Research Archive
Since the founding of the Centre for Liberation Theologies, a lot of research has been done in the area. On this page, we list all doctoral thesises that have been written within the context of the Centre, supervised by prof. dr. Georges De Scrhijver and prof. dr. Jacques Haers. Click on the title to read a summary of the Phd.
AMAFILI Emenike Leo, The Celebration of the Eucharist with an African Face. From Adaptation Rooted in the Western World to Inculturation into the African/Igbo Sacrificial Setting.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 10.01.92
OLIVIER Paul, The Universe is One. Towards a Theory of Knowledge and Life.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 25.06.92
VATTATHARA Mathachan, The Methodology of Latin American Liberation Theology: Towards an Understanding and a Critical Evaluation of Its Relation to Marxism.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 08.05.92
ETIM Patrick E., Church-State Relations in Light of the Fundamental Right to Religious Freedom: The Question of State Religion and Peaceful Co-Existence in Nigeria, 1979-1987.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 28.05.93
NKABAHONA Alex, Towards an African Reception of Jürgen Moltmann's Theology of Suffering and Resurrection.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 24.06.94
BOEVE Lieven, Spreken over God in 'open verhalen'. De theologie uitgedaagd door het postmoderne denken. Vol. I: lxxii + 210 p.; Vol. II: p. 211-453; Vol. III: p. 454-696.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 24.02.95
LUFUTA Mujangi, Théologie Pratique en Afrique. Le défi postcolonial. Vol I: xlviii + 245 p.; Vol. II: p. 246-552.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 22.06.95
OMEIKE Cornelius A., The Importance of Inclusive Ecumenism: With Special Reference to the Nigerian Situation. Vol I: xl + 282 p., Vol. II: p. 283-497.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 20.06.95
DE GUZMAN Emmanuel S., Filipino Base Communities: Description and Analysis of the Phenomenon in the Context of the Local Church History. Part I: lxxxvii + 222 pp; Part II: 223‑408 + 409‑415 pp.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 10.05.95
GUZMAN Edmundo Pacifico V, Creation as God's Kaloób: Towards an Ecological Theology of Creation in the Lowland Filipino Socio‑Cultural Context. Vol. I:lxix + 189 p., Vol. II: p. 190-500.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver s.j. - defensio: 16.05.95
MATUA ATAMA Gervase, Modernization in Post-Colonial Africa: The Christian Response to its Promises and Problems with Special Reference to the Works of Jean-Marc Ela. Vol. I: lx + 215 p., Vol. II: p. 216-457.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 26.09.95
ROCHFORD Dennis Harold, The Appropriation of Hermeneutics in the Theological Works of Edward Schillebeeckx: An Historical Textual Evaluation of the Theological Project to Bridge Christian Faith with Modern Culture. Vol. I: lxxv + 96 p., Vol. II: 131 p., Vol. III: 231 p., Vol. IV: 67 + 13 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 18.09.95
CASTILLO-CORONADO Jesús, The Idea of God in the Theo-Anthropological Project of Juan Luis Segundo. De-Ideologizing and Reformulating Christian Faith in the Service of Humankind's Humanization, Vol. I: lxii + 191 p.; Vol. II: p. 192-498.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 19.06.96
GONZALEZ Dennis, Trinidad, Toward the Maturity of Liberation Theology: A Constructive Critique of the Theology of José Miguez Bonino in the Light of the Social Theory of Anthony Giddens. xii + 392 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 29.04.97
LINDEN JR. Phillip J., Slavery, Religion and Regime: The Political Theory of Paul Ricoeur as a Conceptual Framework for a Critical Theological Interpretation of the Modern State. xli + 288 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 24.06.97
MROSSO Dennis Safari, Hermeneutics in the European and African Contexts. A Study of the Inculturated Christologies of Schillebeeckx, Kasper, Nyamiti and Magesa. Vol. I: lxv + 179; Vol. II: p. 180-409.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 16.12.96
ROBERT PASCAL Kenneth, The Issue of Dehumanizing Poverty in the Indian subcontinent: An Islamic and Catholic perspective. Vol I: clxxxvii + 109 p.; Vol II: p. 110-473.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 22.04.97
BRAZAL Agnes, Recasting Liberation Theology's Classical Methodological Mediations. A Proposed Way of Integrating Contextual-Cultural (Feminist) Values and Perspectives. lviii + 367 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 25 mei 1998
ECHICA Ramon D., Transcendent Datum in the Christological Hermeneutics of Juan Luis Segundo. xl + 339 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 21 april 1998
KODIKUTHIYIL Henry, Faith Engaged in Dialogue with Science.: A Comparative Study of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's and Karl Rahner's Reception of the Theory of Evolution
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 24 juni 1998
DE VREESE Eric, ´Mas que ser, estar` J.C. Scannone op zoek naar de grondslagen van een geïncultureerde bevrijdingstheologie voor Latijns- Amerika. Een kritische reconstructie.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 28 oktober 1998
EATTANIEL John, CEBs in Latin America: From a Pastoral Strategy for Parish Renewal to a Church Model. Opting for a Community of Believers Participating in the Struggles of the Poor. Vol.I: xxxviii + 177 p.; Vol. II: p. 178-527
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 27.10.98
GENTRY AKIN David, The Death of God and the Recovery of Life. The Reception of Nietzsche in Postmodern Thought and Contemporary Eco-Spiritualities: A Comparative Study
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 25 september 1998
DE MEY Peter, Een kritisch alternatief voor de traditionele apologetiek: De bijdragevan John Locke en zijn theologische tijdgenoten in de confrontatie van christelijk geloof en rationaliteit, xxxii +364p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver – defensio: 12 mei 1999
RIES John Charles, Writing Pseudonymously: The Theological Intimations of the Play of Voices in Kierkegaard’s Early Pseudonymous Works, v + 382 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver – defensio: 03.02.2000
Cert. Doct. Opl.: 18.10.1999
BOMBONGAN Dominador, The Context of Globalization: Opportunities, Risks and Dangers
Toward the Elaboration of a Responsive Theology for the Third World. With Special Reference to Latin America, xi + 405pp.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver – defensio: 25 mei 2001
Cert. Doct.opl.: 27.04.2001
PAJARILLO Manuel, Confrontación con lo real. From a Metaphysics of the Real to a Spirituality of Liberation. An Analysis and Study of the Presuppositions of Jon Sobrino’s Spirituality of Liberation. Vol. I: xxxvii + 188 p.; Vol. II: p. 189-374, Vol. III: p. 375-605.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver – defensio: 21 juni 2001
Cert. Doct. Opl.: 14.12.1998
CHITTINAPPILLY Paul, Reimagining Prophetic Alternatives: Towards a Historical Reconstruction of the Ancient Israelite Prophecy & the Early Jesus and Buddhist Movements, lv + 348 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 06.03.2002
GABRIEL Cosmon Arokiaraj, Ambedkar’s Prophetic Discourse on Dalit Reality. The Challenge it addresses to Theology., Vol I: lxii 233 p.; Vol. II: p. 234-461
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 23.10.2001
JOLASA Vincent, Jürgen Habermas’s Communicative Discourse: A Study of Its Formation and Developments. How Can It be Received by Theologians?, xlvi + 344 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 15.04.2002
OTONKO Jake, Human Rights, Democracy and Religion.A Clash of Paradigms in the Quest for a Global Ethic and Religious Co-existence in Nigeria, xli + 392 p.
Promoter: G. De Schrijver, co-promoter: J. De Tavernier - defensio: 18.03.2002
SIMON Sebastian, Faith and Politics: Towards a Theology of the Church’s Involvement in the People's Movements in India, xlv + 322 p.
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 13.11.2001
KAMANZI Speratus, Soteriological Models in their Historical Contexts: With Special Reference to René Girard’s Contribution and his Reception in Contemporary Theology, xxxiv + 418p.
Promoter: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 17 oktober 2002
PILARIO Daniel Franklin, Back to the Rough Grounds of Praxis: Exploring Theological Method with Pierre Bourdieu. Beyond Liberation Theology and Radical Orthodoxy, lxiii + 465 pp.
Promoter: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 4 oktober 2002
VETTIKKATTIL Boban, Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Theology of Creation in Dialogue with Modern Science: Analysis and Critical Assessment, xxxix + 348 p
Promotor: G. De Schrijver - defensio: 24 juni 2003
Chellakan Amal Raj, Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of the Poor: Theology of Creation and the Newest Policies of Development. lxxix + 417 p
Promoter: prof. dr. J. Haers, co-promoter: prof. dr. G. De Schrijver - defensio: 20 oktober 2003
MIRAS Joseph, Now Or Later? A Plea for a Reconsideration of the Theory of Resurrection in Death. Xxxiii + 373 p.
Promotor: J. Haers – dogmatische theologie – defensio: 09.05.2000
CHUKWU Emmanuel, Ezi-na-ulo: The Extended Family of God. Towards an Ecological Theology of Creation, lvi + 414 p.
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 22.05.2002
NEELANKAVIL Tony, Towards an Intercultural Hermeneutics of Trinitarian Harmony. A Conversation between Vedāntic and Early Christian Traditions in Response to the Asian Synod, xlix + 350p
Promoter: J. Haers - defensio: 07.03.2002
THOMAS Moly, A Christology of Christian Witnessing: Kenotic Christology Reconsidered, lxx + 323 p.
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 28.02.2002
CRUTCHER Timothy, The Crucible of Life. The Role of Experience in John Wesley’s Theological Method, xiv + 278 p.
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 20 juni 2003
Canceran Delfo, Image of God: Provocations of the Others, xlvi + 399 p.
Promotor: J. Haers, copromotor: C. Vander Stichele - defensio: 18 juni 2004
Nwankwo Lawrence Nchekwube, From Power Christianity to Christianity that Empowers: Towards a Theology of Empowerment in the Nigerian Context, lxvii + 461 p.
Promotor: Prof. dr. Jacques Haers, S.J - defensio: 4 mei 2004
Appiah-Kubi Francis, Eglise famille de Dieu. Réflexion théologique et enjeux pastoraux, 502 p.
Promotors: Y.M. Blanchard, J. Haers - defensio: 20 april 2005
Gonzalez A. Miguel, Hong Xiuquan’s Vision of the Heavenly Kingdom in China: An Enquiry into Christian Religious Roots of the 19th Century Taiping Rebellion, lviii + 333 p.
Promoter: J. Haers
Ilunga Mbala Félicien, Eschatologie et cosmologie. Une étude de corrélations entre l’eschatologie chrétienne et la cosmologie scientifique, xlv + 379 p.
Promotor : J. Haers - defensio: 21 oktober 2004
Lesigues Lope Florente A. Lesigues. Liberative Theoludics: Mikhail Bakhtin’s Challenge to the Play-World of Skholé and Agon, lxxvi + 588 p.
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 9 november 2004
Mukadi Marcel, L’Eglise-Famille de Dieu face au tribalisme en Afrique. Une ecclésiologie de la rencontre, l + 319 p.
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 30 juni 2005
Ukwuije Bede Uche, L’Humanité de Dieu. Pertinence de la doctrine trinitaire d’Eberhard Jüngel pour la nomination de Dieu dans le contexte de la théologie africaine de l’inculturation, 327 + 502 p.
Promotoren : J. Haers, V. Holzer - defensio: 13 december 2005
Prasad Lankapalli, Revisiting Hindutva: a Christian Theological Response.
The Call to Community.
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Jacques Haers - defensio: 22 april 2008
Nguyen Tien Dung François-Xavier, La Foi au Dieu chrétien, gage d’un authentique humanisme
Promoter : J. Haers; F. Souletie (ICP) - defensio: 13 december 2008
29.01.10 Laurent Balog, L'évêque, pasteur hors de son lieu. Fondements théologiques et enjeux ecclésiologiques des principes d'universalité et de particularité de l'église dans les nominations et mutations d'évêque
Promotor: J. Haers - defensio: 29 januari 2010
Elias Lopez Perez, Excessive Love Amidst the Unforgivable: Political-Mystics and Mestizo-Forgiveness in Conflict and Peace
Promotoren: J. Haers/ D. Pollefeyt - defensio:12 mei 2010
Kevin Lenehan, Religion and the Gospel: Friends or Foes? The thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Rene Girard on the relationship between Christian discipleship and the cultural function of religion
Promotor : Jacques Haers - defensio: 8 oktober 2010
