Emmanuel Katongole
Professor
Professor of Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Primary Area: World Religions and World Church
- Office
- 4157 Jenkins And Nanovic Halls
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- 574-631-2219
- ekatongo@nd.edu
- Website
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Biography
Emmanuel Katongole is Professor of Theology and Peace Studies. He holds a joint appointment with the Keough School of Global Affairs, where he serves as a full time faculty of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Before joining the University of Notre Dame (Jan 2013), he served as Associate Professor of Theology and World Christianity at Duke University, and as founding co-director of the Duke Center for Reconciliation. He is founder and President of Bethany Land Institute, a program that works with young people to realize the vision, spirituality and practice of Laudato Si' in an African setting. Katongole is a Catholic priest of Kampala Archdiocese, Uganda where he was ordained in 1987.
Research Interests
Politics and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa; Political Theology; Global Catholicism; Theology and Peace Studies, Reconciliation; Environmental ethics & practice
Selected Publications
Who Are My People: Love, Violence and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eerdmans, 2022.
Born from Lament: the Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017.
The Journey of Reconciliation: Groaning for a New Creation in Africa. Orbis, 2017.
The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa. Grand Rapids, MI: Eedermans, 2011.
Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision of Justice, Peace and Healing. IVP Books, 2018.
Education
- Ph.D. Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven