Public Seminar: Latin American Liberation Theology and its Legacies (12 October 2017)

The Theology and Ethics Department of the PTC is pleased to host a Public Seminar on

“Latin American Liberation Theology and its Legacies”

with Prof. David Tombs, Director of Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago

3pm Thursday 12 October 2017, PTC Chapel, Pacific Theological College, Vuya Road, Suva

David Tombs has been the Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues since January 2015. He has a longstanding interest in contextual and liberation theologies and is author of Latin American Liberation Theologies (Brill, 2002).

His current research focuses on religion, violence, and public theology, and especially on Christian responses to gender-based violence, sexual abuse and torture. Previously David was a Lecturer in Theology at the University of Roehampton London (1992-2001). From 2001-2014 he lived and worked in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation for the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin.