Marcus Haworth
Primary Area: World Religions and World Church
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Biography
Marcus Timothy Haworth is a Doctoral Candidate in Theology at the University of Notre Dame (World Religions and World Church). His research focuses on the identification and recovery of historical South-South Christian theological connections and their import for constructive Christian theological projects in the contemporary. Specifically, his scholarship emphasizes these connections in reference to the African continent and questions pertaining to Christian mission and evangelization, ecclesiology and Christian theological epistemology, and decoloniality and peace.
Marcus’ dissertation research examines the 1985 South Africa Kairos Document and the accompanying Christian theology it generated and continues to generate today, known as kairos theology. Specifically, it constructively recounts the history of the production of this document, argues for its qualification as a theology of the people, and looks at the practical, pastoral, and theoretical lessons that such a means of theologizing offers for being and performing church in the contemporary, particularly as this relates to political and synodal theological issues.
In addition to his dissertation work, Marcus is currently refining articles on Catholic Social Teaching; Peace Studies and Christian soteriology; decoloniality, voice, and synodality; and world religions and comparative missiologies for publication.
Prior to entering the Doctoral Program in Theology at Notre Dame, Marcus completed a Master of Theological Studies in Theology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Theology with Honors from the same institution.
He is originally from the Chicagoland area but now calls Northern Indiana home along with his wife and son.
You can learn more about him and his work on his personal website.
Research Interests
Catholic Social Teaching, Christianity in Africa, Ecclesiology, Global Catholicism, Interreligious/Interfaith Dialogue, Missiology, World Christianity, Synodality, Theological Epistemology
Representative Publications
“Synodality and Interreligious Developments in Kairos Theology: Pathways for Today’s Catholic Church.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 81, no. 1 (2025): 1–9. (https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v81i1.10905)
“From Polemical to Dialogical Encounter: The Significance of Pluralism in Contemporary Aḥmadī Muslim-Christian Relations.” Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology 8, no. 1 (2024): 19–39. (https://doi.org/10.1558/isit.26564)
“Church and State in Rwanda: Catholic Missiology and the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.” Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection 2830 (2018): i–xxvi + 1–69. (https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2830)
Dissertation
"A People's Document: A Historical and Theological Analysis of the 1985 South African Kairos Document"
Director: Rev. Paul Vincent Kollman, C.S.C.
Education
- Master of Theological Studies (MTS) in Theology (World Religions and World Church), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy and Theology with Honors, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States