Bio:
Stan Chu Ilo is a research professor of World Christianity and African studies at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology. He is also the Alan Richardson Fellow for 2019/2020 at Durham University, U.K where he is working on a book project, God in Africa: Modernity, Christianity and Africa’s Futures.
Stan is the principal convener of the Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life. The central concern of his research is on reform and renewal in the Roman Catholic Church, especially guided by the call of Pope Francis for a missionary conversion.
Additionally, he conducts research on social issues with regard to development, ecology, human rights, leadership, governance and cultural change as well as on best practices in faith-based social ministry.
Some of his recent works include:
- Love, Joy and Sex:African Conversation on Pope Francis’s Amoris Laetitia and the Gospel of Family in a Divided World
- A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of PopeFrancis(Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2018)
- “Poverty and Economic Justice in Pope Francis” in International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 43, 1 (2019): 38-56; “African Ecclesiologies” in Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology, ed. Paul Avis. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018): 615-638
- “The Future of Catholic Education in Africa: Narrating our Own Stories” in Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 30 (2018): 6-38.
List of Works:
Books
Stan Chu Ilo, ed. Love, Joy and Sex: African Conversation on Pope Francis’s Amoris Laetitia and the Gospel of Family in a Divided World: https://wipfandstock.com/love-joy-and-sex.html
Stan Chu Ilo, ed. Wealth, Health and Hope: The Search for Abundant Life
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498561273/Wealth-Health-and-Hope-in-African-Christian-Religion-The-Search-for-Abundant-Life
Stan Chu Ilo, A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of Pope Francis: https://www.orbisbooks.com/a-poor-and-merciful-church.html
Stan Chu Ilo, The Church and Development in Africa: Aid and Development from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics, 2nd Edition
https://wipfandstock.com/the-church-and-development-in-africa-second-edition.html
Stan Chu Ilo, ed. The Church as Salt and Light: Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life
https://wipfandstock.com/the-church-as-salt-and-light.html
Stan Chu Ilo, The Face of Africa: Looking Beyond the Shadows
https://wipfandstock.com/the-face-of-africa.html
Stan Chu Ilo, Discover your Divine Investment: Path to Spiritual Joy
https://www.catholicregister.org/crbooks/item/15275-discover-your-divine-investment-the-path-to-spiritual-joy-by-stan-chu-ilo
Some Essays in Popular Media and the Catholic Press
- Stan Chu Ilo, African Spirituality is Unique in its Commitment to Community
https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201708/african-spirituality-unique-its-commitment-community-31128 - Stan Chu Ilo, A Lesson from Africa
https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/315926-a-lesson-from-africa - Stan Chu Ilo, Zuma is an Embarrassment to Mandela’s Memory
https://sa-monitor.com/south-african-president-jacob-zuma-embarrassment-memory-mandela-chicago-tribune-11-april-2016/ - Stan Chu Ilo, When Blacks Turn Against Blacks
https://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/may/221.html - Stan Chu Ilo, Keep Communion out of the Abortion Debate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-communion-abortion-bishop-paprocki-20190610-story.html - Stan Chu Ilo, “Why Trumps False Messianism should be Opposed Early in this Presidency” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-trumps-false-messianism-should-be-opposed-early_b_58ace8a5e4b0d818c4f0a374
- Stan Chu Ilo, “Tackling Women Violence in Africa”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tackling-violence-against_b_11204320 - Stan Chu Ilo, Muslim Religious Leaders Must Step Up In The Fight Against Radical Islam
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-religious-leaders_b_11204350 - Stan Chu Ilo, African Leaders should not Flee from Justice
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/african-leaders-should-no_b_9299598 - Stan Chu Ilo, Gay Rights may Permanently Damage Anglican Communion
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gay-rights-may-permanently_b_8957446 - Stan Chu Ilo, As Pope Francis Visits Africa
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/as-pope-francis-visits-af_b_8633590 - Stan Chu Ilo, What Africa Wants from the Synod on the Family in Rome
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-africa-wants-from-the-synod_b_8246764 - Stan Chu Ilo, Being Black Male in America
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/being-a-black-male-in-ame_b_7035468 - Stan Chu Ilo, Museveni’s Flawed Election Victory in Uganda
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/musevenis-flawed-election_b_9349490 - Stan Chu Ilo, Why the Next Pope Should be Africa
https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/opinion/african-pope-stan-llo/index.html - Stan Chu Ilo, What Happens in the Catholic Church Matters to Everyone
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pope/opinion-what-happens-in-the-catholic-church-matters-to-everyone-1.1193979 - THE WORLD MUST UNITE IN AID TO THE HORNS OF AFRICA
- CLERICAL SEX ABUSE AND THE PRESUMED INNOCENCE OF AFRICAN CATHOLICISM
- WHEN BLACKS TURN AGAINST BLACKS
- THE LAST DANCE OF AFRICA’S LONGEST POLITICAL PATRIARCH
- CHRIST, THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ABUNDANT LIFE: A CRITICAL STUDY OF AN AFRICAN ANCESTRAL MODEL OF CHRISTOLOGY
- REALIZING THE EMANCIPATORY POTENTIAL OF THE NIGERIAN CHARACTER
- TRIAL OF CHARLES TAYLOR
- CULTURE OF PEACE
- IRAQI WAR: ADVENTURE WITHOUT RETURN
- DANGERS OF A WAR WITH IRAQ
- CONDITIONS OF AFRICAN WOMEN
- ESSENTIALIST ELEMENTS
- TOWARDS INTEGRAL EDUCATION
- MANAGING CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS
- RETHINKING CANADIAN AID
- SAME SEX MARRIAGE
- THE CHALLENGE OF A GAY BISHOP
- THE NEXT POPE
- RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND RESPECT
- AFRICA’S WATER CRISIS