"Curriculum Vitae SC Bate Upd"

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Stuart C. Bate

Part One: Data

Personal Details

Born: 24 August 1947 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, U.K.

Family: Parents: Norman and Irene both deceased.

One brother, Geoffrey.

The family immigrated to South Africa in July 1965.

Naturalised South African Citizen

ID No 4708245168087

Education

School

Ashton Grammar School. Completed GCE A level Examinations

University Education

University of Natal (Durban)

1969 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry & Physics Majors)

1970 Bachelor of Science Honours (Chemistry)

Pontificia UniversitB Gregoriana (Rome)

1980 Bachelor of Sacred Theology (magna cum laude)

1990 Licentiate in Missiology (summa cum laude)

University of South Africa

1975 Master of Business Leadership (Incomplete: 1 year of 3 completed)

1994 Doctor of Theology (Missiology)

Work/Professional Background

1968-1971 Founder and Co-Editor, THRUST magazine for youth

1970-1974 Full time organiser Young Christian Workers movement

1970 Natal Organiser/ National Treasurer

1971 Transvaal Organiser/ National Treasurer

1972 & 1973 National President

1974 Development Chemist, Boart International (Springs)

1975 Superintendent Chemist at FEDMIS, Johannesburg

1975-1977 Theology Student Cedara South Africa

1977-1981 Theology Student Rome Italy

1981-1988 Minister of Religion Inchanga Natal (Periurban/Rural Zulu context)

1988-1990 Postgraduate Theology Student, Rome Italy

1990-2002 Lecturer in Social Studies and Pastoral Theology. Cedara Natal.

1996- Supervision of MTh and PhD Theses in Theology through the University of Natal

2002- Professor of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. St Augustine College of South Africa.

Visiting lecturer St Josephs Theological Institute Cedara in the Post Graduate Programme.

Religious Life & Commitment

1975 Entered Novitiate of Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Germiston

1977-1981 Sent to Rome, Italy for Theological Studies

1980 Made perpetual vows as Oblate of Mary Immaculate in Rome.

1981 Appointed as assistant minister at St Theresa Parish, Inchanga, Natal.

1982 Ordained Priest in Durban by Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI

1984 Appointed Parish Priest of St Theresa's, Inchanga.

1988 Sent to Rome for Specialised Studies in Missiology.

1990 Appointed to St Joseph's Scholasticate as Formator and to St Joseph's Theological Institute in charge of the Pastoral Formation programme and lecturer in Social Studies, Missiology and Pastoral Studies. From 1996 principally involved in Research and the Supervision of MA and PhD Students.

Current Assignment

2002 Appointed to St Augustine College of South Africa (the new Catholic University) in Johannesburg as Professor of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry

Membership of Organisations:

Association of Teachers of Missiology (ATOM)

Catholic Theological Society of Southern Africa (CTSSA)

South African Missiological Society (SAMS)

International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM)

International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS)

Member of the esATI (Eastern Seaboard Association of Tertiary Institutions) Research Cluster.

Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRA)

Publications:

Books

1991 Evangelisation in the South African Context. Rome: Editrice Pontificia UniversitB Gregoriana .

1995 Inculturation and Healing. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster.

1996 Serving Humanity: A Sabbath Reflection after Seven Years of the Pastoral Plan. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. (editor)

1999 The Inculturation of the Christian Mission to Heal in the South African Context. NY: Edwin Mellen.

2002 Bibliography of the Catholic Church in South Africa. Hilton: Grace and Truth.

2002 Human Life is Cultural. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster.

2003 Responsibility in a time of AIDS. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster (Editor)

2003 Understanding Human Society. Nairobi: Paulines

Student Textbooks (Internally produced and Distributed)

1995 Missiology Notes. Cedara: SJTI

1999 Understanding Human Society. Cedara: SJTI.

1999 Human Life is Cultural. Cedara: SJTI

Articles

1973 "The Rise of Western Society and the Struggle of Workers" in Leaders Notes Document F/1/73. Durban: YCW.

1974 "Call to Workers and Employers" with Nunes, R. & De Fleuriot, G in Butelezi et al Study Documents of Catholics Bishops' Conference of 1974. Pretoria: SACBC.

1990 "Missionary Spirituality in the Life of the Church. The Spirituality of Blessed Joseph Gerard OMI Apostle of the Basotho". Vie Oblate Life, Ottawa.

1994 "Inculturation: the local church emerges". Missionalia 22,2:93-117

1994 "L'impossible est arrivé" in Apostolat 65,4:8-10

1995 "Oblate Spirituality in the New South Africa". Vie Oblate Life, :146-160

1995 “Religious Healing: Editorial” Grace and Truth 12,2:2

1995 "Does Religious Healing Work ?" Grace and Truth 12,2:3-21

1996 "God's Family: Notes on Inculturation in Ecclesia in Africa". Grace and Truth 12,3:3-21

1996 "La Guerison Religieuse est-elle operationelle ?" Revue Africaine des Sciences de la Mission 3,5:9-44.

1996 “Church and State: Editorial” Grace and Truth 13,3:2

1996 “Oblate Spirituality and the New South Africa” Grace and Truth 13,3:49-54

1997 “Heilungskirchen in der christlichen Landschaft Sudafricas. Die Entstehung der Neuen Kirchen und die Antwort der traditionellen Kirchen.” Ordens Nachrichten 36,5: 23-42.

1998 “Steps of Inculturation: Editorial” Grace and Truth 15,3:3

1998 “Inculturation in South Africa”. Grace and Truth 15,3:26-43.

1998 “La methode en missiologie contextuelle” Mission V(1998), 1, p. 71-109.

1998 “Method in Contextual Missiology” Missionalia 26,2: 150-185.

1999 “Catholics and Traditional Healers in History” Grace and Truth 16,1:51-63.

1999 “Inculturation in Process: The Influence of Coping-Healing Churches on the Attitudes and Praxis of Main-Line Churches in South Africa” Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 55,3:208-228

1999 “One Mission, Two Churches” In Brain, J & Denis, P eds. The Catholic Church in Contemporary South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. Pp 5-36.

1999 “The Church under Apartheid” In Brain, J & Denis, P eds. The Catholic Church in Contemporary South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. Pp 151-186.

1999 “Does Religious Healing Work?” Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 55,4:259-278

2000 “Matthew 10: A Mission Mandate for the Global Context”. In Okure, T. ed. To Cast Fire Upon the Earth. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. Pp 42-56.

2000 “From Missioned to Missioning: The emergence of the New churches in the 20^th century” Grace and Truth 17,1:38-49.

2000 “Differences in Confessional Advice in South Africa”. In Keenan, J ed. Catholic Ethicists on HIV-AIDS Prevention. NY: Continuum. Pp 212-221.

2000 “Points of Contradiction: Money, The Catholic Church and Settler culture in Southern Africa: 1837-1920. Part 1: The Leaders of the Mission” Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 26,1:135-164.

2000 “Points of Contradiction: Money, The Catholic Church and Settler culture in Southern Africa: 1837-1920. Part 2: The Role of Religious Institutes” Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 26,1:165-188.

2001 “Reconciliation& the reconstruction of humanity”. Trefoil: The Southern African Catholic Quarterly. Summer/Autumn, 262: 3-5; 46-47.

2001 “Response to Christopher Grundman”. International Review of Mission. XC:41-45.

2001 “The Mission to heal in a global context”. International Review of Mission. XC:70-80.

2001 Culture in Christian Praxis”. JTSA 109: 67-82.

2001 Editor Grace & Truth 18,1: Initial Formation in Africa.

2001 “Indications for a Theology of Initial Formation”. Grace & Truth 18,1: 50-60.

2001 “Points of Contradiction: Money, The Catholic Church and Settler culture in Southern Africa: 1837-1920. Part 1: The Leaders of the Mission” Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 57,2:81-104.

2001 “Points of Contradiction: Money, The Catholic Church and Settler culture in Southern Africa: 1837-1920. Part 2: The Role of Religious Institutes” Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 57,3:163-180.

2001 An interdisciplinary approach to understanding and assessing religious healing in South African Christianity@. Missionalia 29,3: 361-386.

2001 Foreign Funding of Catholic Mission in South Africa: A Case Study@ Mission Studies 18 (2), 50-87.

2001 “What does it mean that the Church is the instrument of the Kingdom of God in the South African context: a Catholic Perspective”. St Augustine Papers 2,1 2001, 33-65.

2002 AGood news in a world of AIDS@. Trefoil 67,264: 39-42.

2002 AGood News for Aids myths@, in Karecki, M ed. The making of an African Person. Festschrift for Willem Saayman. Pretoria: UNISA.

2002 ACreating a missionary vicariate in Natal (Southern Africa): Economics in Catholic missionary culture@ Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 58,1:1-29.

2002 AGood News for Aids myths@ Missionalia 30,1: 93-108.

2002 A150 years of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Southern Africa@. Vie Oblate Life 61,2: 166-174

2002 ACreating a missionary vicariate in Natal (Southern Africa): Economics in Catholic missionary culture. Part 2: The Economics of a new Vicariate in Roman Curial Culture@ Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft 58,3:197-221.

2002 ‘Creating a missionary vicariate: Economics in Catholic missionary culture”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 28,2:223-261.

2003 ‘Catholic Pastoral care as a Response to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Southern Africa’ Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 57,2 197-210.

2003 ‘Inculturation in progress: Influence of the Coping-healing Churches on the Attitudes and Praxis of Mainline Churches’ Missionalia 31,1: 177-207.

2003 ‘Creating a missionary vicariate: Economics in Catholic missionary culture. Part II The Economics of a new vicariate in Roman Curial culture”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 29,1:1-35

Unpublished Research Studies

1997-1999. Foreign Funding of Catholic Mission in South Africa. Case Studies.

2001 Christian Narratives about Islam in South Africa: A Case Study

2001 Changing Views to promote Reconciliation. An investigation of the views of a group of future Christina leaders about Islam.

2003 Independent Evaluation of HIV/AIDS projects funded through SACBC.

Posts Held

Member of Editorial Board: Missionalia. 1995-

Member of Editorial Board: Grace and Truth. 1995-

Theme Editor: Grace and Truth.

Board Member: Cluster Publications. Pietermaritzburg. 1992-2002

Editorial Board member St Augustine Papers. 2002-

Editorial board member. Journal of Inculturation Theology Port Harcourt Nigeria 2003-

Member of the Preparatory committee of the “International Association of Mission Studies” conference held at Hamanskraal, January 2000.

Member of the Research Experts Collaboration: Tilburg University-St Josephs Cedara.

Consultant at the International Commission for Roman Catholic - Reformed Dialogue. Cape Town 2001

Member of the World Council of Churches Consultations on Religious Healing: Hamburg, Germany 2000; Accra, Ghana 2002.

Some Principal Conferences Given

“Does Religious Healing Work?” Saturdays at Cedara March-May 1995. Pietermaritzburg

“Religious Healing”. Manzini Swaziland December 1995

“Reflexions Theologique sur la Guerison Religieuse en Afrique du Sud” Chaire Cardinal Malula. Kinshasa, Zaire May 1996. (Reported on National TV)

“The response of mainline churches to the healing churches in South Africa”. Paper presented at an International conference of African Initiatives in Mission January 1997 Pretoria.

“Religious Healing as consumer religion” Kirche auf dem Weltmarkt religioser Angebote. Muden Austria July 1997

“Method in Contextual Theology”. SAMS Conference Pretoria 1998

“The Church’s mission to heal in the AIDS crisis”. International Theological Consultation on HIV/AIDS organised by CAFOD UK held in Pretoria May 1998

“Matthew 10 as a Mission Mandate in Post Christian cultures” Catholic Theological Society of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, November 1999.

“Culturally Mediated Pastoral responses to Culturally Mediated Human Needs”. Keynote address at UNP Doctoral Seminar November 1999.

“The mission to heal in a global context” Paper given at WCC Consultation of Mission, faith and Healing, Hamburg, Germany. June 2000. Published in IRM 2001.

“An Interdisciplinary approach to understanding and assessing religious healing in South African Christianity”. Paper given at IAHR XVIIIth Quinquennial World Congress. Durban August 2000.

“Steps of Inculturation: An Interactive Workshop” Christian Brothers International Passover Programme. Stellenbosch October 2000.

“Seeing through one another’s eyes: reconciliation in the reconstruction of humanity” Archbishop Hurley memorial lecture 2000. Durban November 2000.

“With us always: Ministering Jesus in a culture of poverty, unemployment and AIDS”. Keynote address, Archdiocese of Durban, Clergy Meeting. Feb 7 2001.

“Changing views to promote reconciliation: An investigation of the views of a group of future Christian leaders about Islam.” Paper presented at International Expert Meeting Cedara-Tilburg, 21-23 June 2001, Tilburg Holland.

“What does it mean that the Church is the instrument of the Kingdom of God in the South African context: a Catholic perspective”. Paper presented at the International Roman Catholic - Reformed dialogue. Cape Town August 22-28 2001.

“A time to change: Ministering in a new millennium”. Keynote address, Archdiocese of Cape Town Clergy Meeting. September 14 2001.

“La realtB del Cristo nella vita della Chiesa locale”. Third (of three) main addresses at the 1^st International Theological Video Conference for the worldwide ongoing formation of priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy, Vatican Rome. The conference linked ten video sites in all five continents of the world.

Ongoing monthly contributions to the same Video Conference. All are available at www.clerus.org (teleconference).

“Casting fire upon the earth” Keynote address to the Archdiocese of Durban Synod September 2002.

“Catholic Pastoral care as a response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa” Paper given at the Southern African Missiological Society, January 2003.

“Responsible healing in a world of HIV/AIDS”. Public lecture given during the conference Responsibility in a time of AIDS held at St Augustine College of South Africa. Johannesburg, February 2003.

“Christian leadership and Context”. Keynote address to the All Africa Leadership meeting of the Christian Brothers. Johannesburg. 17 March 2003.

“The Church and the Democratic Process: Lessons from South Africa”. Address to the XIVth Theology week of the Catholic Institute of West Africa. Port Harcourt, Nigeria, April 2003.

“Mission in a Networked World”. Main address to the Omnes Gentes Colloquium Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, October 2003.

Unpublished Research Studies

1997-1999. Foreign Funding of Catholic Mission in South Africa. Case Studies.

2001 Christian Narratives about Islam in South Africa: A Case Study

2001 Changing Views to promote Reconciliation. An investigation of the views of a group of future Christina leaders about Islam.

2003 Independent Evaluation of HIV/AIDS projects funded through SACBC.

Visiting Lectureships

1997 Visiting Professor at St Pauls University Ottawa Canada (Fall Semester)

1999/2001 Visiting lecturer St Augustine’s College Johannesburg.

2001 Visiting Research Fellow Dept of Missiology UNISA.

Current Research Projects:

1. 1. The ministry of Catholic funeral leaders in a rural South African Context (Graduated 2001)

MTh UNP/SJTI

1. 1. Ministry to University students in Post Apartheid South Africa. (Graduated 2001 with distinction)

2. 2. The impact of Catholic Social Teaching on the development of South African Black Theology. (Graduated 2003)

3. 3. Towards a theology of Ukugula, ukufa nokuphumula ngoxolo (sickness unto death and rest in peace) in times of HIV-AIDS with special reference to Zulu concepts of ukubhula (divination) nokuthakatha (witchcraft). (Graduated 2003 with distinction)

4. 4. The challenges of evangelising the African Christian Family in the light of Familiaris Consortio.

5. 5. Re - kindling the Flame: The Holy Family Sisters in South Africa - Meaning; Mission and what of their future.

DPhil (St Augustine College of South Africa)

1. An evaluation of the process of conversion and eventual reversion among the Swazi people

2. Cooperation between Catholics and Evangelicals in areas of higher education.

MPhil (St Augustine College of South Africa)

1. Small Christina Communities (SCCs): Application of Discipleship in Community (Graduated 2002)

2. For Love or Money: An investigation into the theology and science of Charity (graduated 2003 with distinction)

3 The rite of Christina Initiation of Adults as experienced by groups of Youth of various Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Johannesburg.

4. Mission and Inculturation in the General letters

5. The art of leading prayer by lay ministers with special reference to Chakol catholic Church, Kenya.

6 Adam, where are you? A search for missing men in the parish to bring them back to Christ and the Church.

Unpublished Research Studies

Unpublished Research Studies

Languages