Stuart C Bate is Professor of Religious
Education and Pastoral Ministry at St Augustine College of South Africa.
He is the author of a number of books and
articles in the areas of mission history, religious healing, inculturation and
practical theology. He has lectured and given conferences in Africa, Europe and
North America. He was consultant to the World Council of Churches on Healing in
2000 and 2002 and to the International Roman Catholic - Reformed Churches
dialogue in 2001. He has been a regular participant in the International
Theological Video Conference organised monthly by the Vatican Congregation for
the Clergy for the theological updating of Clergy worldwide
www.clerus.org (teleconference).
He was born in Greater Manchester, England in
1947 and immigrated with his parents to South Africa in 1965. From 1966-1969 he
studied at the University of Natal in Durban where he obtained an honours degree
in Chemistry. He converted to the Catholic Church in 1968 and from 1970 to 1974
was a full-time organiser for the Young Christian Workers movement. Thereafter
he worked as an industrial chemist in the mining industry. In 1976 he entered to
novitiate of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Germiston and after studies at
Cedara and in Rome he was ordained a Priest in 1982. After 8 years at Inchanga
mission in the Valley of a Thousand hills, he was sent for further studies in
Missiology and obtained a Licentiate in 1990. He was lecturer at St Josephs
Theological Institute, Cedara, from 1990 and still serves on the faculty in the
graduate programme. He is currently based in Johannesburg and works at the
recently established Catholic University in South Africa www.staugustine.ac.za.
He can be contacted at scbate@staugustine.ac.za.
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