Stan Chu Ilo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5191464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stan Chu Ilo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stan Chu |
| FAMILY NAME | Ilo |
| SIGNATURE | ILO S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2105-510X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dependency and Power in Catholic Charities in Africa
This essay argues that Catholic international development in Africa must move from asymmetrical charity toward a Trinitarian framework of partnership grounded in participation, reciprocity, and mutual gift exchange. Drawing on postcolonial theory, liberation theology, Catholic social teaching, mission history, and theological accounts of power in Augustine, it contends that the ethical renewal of Catholic aid requires a reconfiguration of relatio…
Contesting the Shifting Center of World Christianity to Africa
This essay contests the regnant narratives that the center of gravity of Christianity is shifting to Africa. First, it is not always clear what theorists mean as to what constitutes the centering of Christianity and what ‘shifting centers’ mean beyond the claims of the demographic, social and cultural history of Christian expansion. Furthermore, the field of world Christianity and the methods for studying it continue to evolve, pointing more to a…
“Mountains Don’t Meet; People Do”
"“Mountains Don’t Meet; People Do”: My Theological Journey from West Africa to North America." Toronto Journal of Theology, 37(1), pp. 100–101
Exploring the Possible Contributions of the African Palaver towards a Participatory Synodal Church
This essay argues for a participatory synodal Church and the possible contributions of the African palaver as a model for participatory dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church. The African palaver is the art of conversation, dialogue, and consensus-building in traditional society that can be appropriated in the current search for a more inclusive and expansive participatory dialogue at all levels of the life of the Church. I will develop this essay…
African Ecclesiologies
This chapter examines the key issues in scholarship on the identity and mission of the Christian church in Africa, while also exploring in depth the identity of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa. First, the chapter discusses the methodological questions in scholarship in this area, while highlighting the types and models of African ecclesiology in general. Second, it historicizes the narrative of the church in Africa, showing the theological tr…
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion offers a portrait of how contending narratives of modernity in both church and society play out in Africa today through the agency of African Christian religion. It explores the identity and features of African Christian religion and the cultural forces driving the momentum of Christian expansion in Africa, as well as how these factors are shaping a new African social imagination, especially …
Contested Moral Issues in Contemporary African Catholicism
Drawing upon the broad work of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ Evangelicum Gaudium the article proposes how a hermeneutic of multiplicity and inclusion could help hold in balance the tension between tradition and innovation, universal principles and specific contextual application for Catholicism in Africa. Among the issues addressed are cultural relativism, natural law theory, and polygamy
Contested Moral Issues in Contemporary African Catholicism
Drawing upon the broad work of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ Evangelicum Gaudium the article proposes how a hermeneutic of multiplicity and inclusion could help hold in balance the tension between tradition and innovation, universal principles and specific contextual application for Catholicism in Africa. Among the issues addressed are cultural relativism, natural law theory, and polygamy
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion offers a portrait of how contending narratives of modernity in both church and society play out in Africa today through the agency of African Christian religion. It explores the identity and features of African Christian religion and the cultural forces driving the momentum of Christian expansion in Africa, as well as how these factors are shaping a new African social imagination, especially …
Contested Moral Issues in Contemporary African Catholicism
Drawing upon the broad work of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ Evangelicum Gaudium the article proposes how a hermeneutic of multiplicity and inclusion could help hold in balance the tension between tradition and innovation, universal principles and specific contextual application for Catholicism in Africa. Among the issues addressed are cultural relativism, natural law theory, and polygamy
African Ecclesiologies
This chapter examines the key issues in scholarship on the identity and mission of the Christian church in Africa, while also exploring in depth the identity of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa. First, the chapter discusses the methodological questions in scholarship in this area, while highlighting the types and models of African ecclesiology in general. Second, it historicizes the narrative of the church in Africa, showing the theological tr…
“Mountains Don’t Meet; People Do”
"“Mountains Don’t Meet; People Do”: My Theological Journey from West Africa to North America." Toronto Journal of Theology, 37(1), pp. 100–101
Exploring the Possible Contributions of the African Palaver towards a Participatory Synodal Church
This essay argues for a participatory synodal Church and the possible contributions of the African palaver as a model for participatory dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church. The African palaver is the art of conversation, dialogue, and consensus-building in traditional society that can be appropriated in the current search for a more inclusive and expansive participatory dialogue at all levels of the life of the Church. I will develop this essay…
Contesting the Shifting Center of World Christianity to Africa
This essay contests the regnant narratives that the center of gravity of Christianity is shifting to Africa. First, it is not always clear what theorists mean as to what constitutes the centering of Christianity and what ‘shifting centers’ mean beyond the claims of the demographic, social and cultural history of Christian expansion. Furthermore, the field of world Christianity and the methods for studying it continue to evolve, pointing more to a…
Dependency and Power in Catholic Charities in Africa
This essay argues that Catholic international development in Africa must move from asymmetrical charity toward a Trinitarian framework of partnership grounded in participation, reciprocity, and mutual gift exchange. Drawing on postcolonial theory, liberation theology, Catholic social teaching, mission history, and theological accounts of power in Augustine, it contends that the ethical renewal of Catholic aid requires a reconfiguration of relatio…
Religion, Society, and Development (7 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Theology (3 works)