PhD in Theological and Religious Sciences and Master in Pastoral Theology by the Catholic University of Louvain. Specialization in Social Pastoral Work from the Pastoral Theological Institute of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM). Degrees in Theology from the Theological Institute of Santa Catarina and in Philosophy from the University of Southern Santa Catarina. Visiting professor at the Catholic University of Mexico, at ITESC, and at ITEPAL of CELAM. President of the National Pastoral Institute of the Brazilian National Bishop’s Conference (CNBB). Productivity in Research Scholarship of the Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Research areas: Theological Method, Theology and Pastoral Action, Theology and Modernity, Church History, Theology and Science.

Principal Investigator and executive co-ordinator of the Center for Research in Theology and Religious Studies (CITER) of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) in Lisbon through the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT, 2019-25). Professor fo Theology and Literature in the Doctoral Programme in Theology and of Hermeneutics of Religious Texts in the Integrated Master’s Course in Religious Studies at UCP. Professor in the PPGT and the Programme of Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights and Public Policies (PPGDH).
Visiting Professor in the Programme of Literary Studies at the University of Aveiro (UA); in the Programme of History and Literary Theory of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Habilitation in Ethics and Theological Language by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC SP).
Post-doctoral studies in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University at Rome. Doctorin Theology by PUC Rio. Master in Theology by PUC SP. Professional history: Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Theologyat PUCPR from 2017-19. Research productivity scholarship by the Araucária Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development of Paraná (2018-20). Member of the Postgraduate Programme in Theology and Co-ordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Theology at PUC SP (2014-16). Collaborating professor in Undergraduate Studies in Theology (2010-11) and in the Programme of Postgraduate Studies at PUC Rio (2013-14). Visiting professor and researcher: Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the Laval University (Quebec, Canada); Doctorate in Humanities of the Catholic University of Moçambique (UCM); Faculty of Social Sciences at the National University Arturo Jauretche (Buenos Aires, Argentina). . Leader of the Theopatodicy Research Group: Spirituality, Culture, and Praxis (CNPq, 2016-21). Editor of Teoliterária - Brazilian Journal of Literatures and Theologies (2011-20). Member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Society of Theology and Religious Sciences (SOTER, 2016-18), where he co-ordinated the Working Group on Religion, Theology and Literatur (2009-19). Vice-president of the Latin American Association of Literature and Theology (ALALITE, 2016-18).and president of its Brazilian section (2018-21). Founding member of the Center for Literary and Religious Phenomena and Arts Studies at the State University of Campinas (CELTA - UNICAMP); Center of Languages, Literature and Cultures of the University of Aveiro (CLLC UA); Researcher at the Oriental and Western Medieval Studies Center, CEMOrOC, of the Faculty of Education of the University of São Paulo (USP); Brazilian Society for Logotherapy (SOBRAL). Research areas: Theology and Literature, Theological Anthropology, the Meaning of Life, Theological Ethics, Mysticism and Praxis, Alterity, Theology of Culture, Public Theology, Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Epistemology and Theological Hermeneutics.

PhD in Theology from the School of Theology, São Leopoldo-RS. Master’s in education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. Specialization in School Management from the PUCPR; Distance Education from the UnB. Degree in Pedagogy from the Maria Santissima Assunta Free University in Rome, Italy, and a Master’s in Religious Sciences from the Pontifical Ateneo Antonianum Roma, Italy; Bachelor of Theology from PUCPR. Research areas: Theology and Gender, Phenomenology and Anthropology in Edith Stein and Contemporary Thinkers, Cultures and Religions, Human Rights, Youth, Interculturality and Sexuality.

Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (2000); Master’s in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1998); Master’s in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of Santa Cruz (1999); degree in Theology from the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Theology (1993); degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (1987). Full Professor at the Theological Institute of Santa Catarina-ITESC and at the Catholic Faculty of Santa Catarina-FACASC. Coordinator of the ITESC Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue Group. Coordinator of the Theological Commission of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil. Research areas: Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue, Religious Pluralism, Spiritualities and New Religious Movements.

Doctor in Biblical Theology by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2015); Master in Biblical Theology by the Pontifical University Urbaniana (Rome, 2002); Bachelor in Theology by the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (validated 2007); Licenciate in Philosophy by the Entre Rios Faculty of Piauí (2017); Undergraduate Studies in Theology by the Theological Institute Paul VI (1989). Consultant for the Center of Biblical Studies (CEBI) and the National Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CNBB); member of the editorial board of the Estudos Bíblicos jornal; associate member of the Brazilian Association of Biblical Research (ABIB); peer reviewer for the journals Teoliterária and Pists & Praxis. His research áreas are Biblical Theology, especially History of Israel, Old and New Testaments, Spirituality of the Bible, Ecology and Ecumenism.

Post-doctorate in Ancient History from UNICAMP and in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. Doctorate in Religious Sciences from the Methodist University of São Paulo. Master’s in Theology from the Higher Evangelical Institute of Theological Studies (ISEDET), degree in Theology from the Theological Seminary of Londrina. Experience in the area of Old Testament Exegesis. Research areas: Spirituality and Politics in Jeremiah, Ezra and Nehemiah, Theology and Consumer Society, Archeology of War and Army in the Ancient Near East.

His first degree was in Pharmacy and Biochemistry by the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, 1980). Involved in the movement of Church Base Communities, the reading of the Bible in the perspective of the poor, Liberation Theology and the struggles for democratization in Brazil and Latin America, he changed his field and studied Theology with his Bachelor and subsequent Master of Theology with emphasis in Biblical Studies at the Faculty Our Lady of the Assumption at São Paulo (1985-89), and realized his doctorate in Religious Studies in the area of Biblical Studies under the supervision of Professor Milton Schwantes by the Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP, 2002). He undertook post-doctoral studies at the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), in dialogue with Professor William Schniedewind.
He is national counsellor for the Center of Biblical Studies (CEBI) and the Biblical Center “the Word” and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Biblical Research (ABIB). From 2009-12 he was parte of the team responsible for a complete revision of the Pastoral Bible by the Paulus Publishing House, contributing mainly with introductions, editions, notes and comments on the Pentateuch.
His fields of research, within Theology, are Hermeneutics and Socio-Literary Exegesis of the Bible, focusing in research and teaching on: Hebrew, History of Israel; History of Monotheism in Israel; Pentateuch, Deuteronomistic History, Pre-Exile Prophets; Canonical Gospels; Hermeneutics and Politics; Christianity, the Bible and Citizenship; the Bible and Politics; Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue; Intolerance and Violence in the Name of God and Human Rights.

PhD in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome), with a dissertation in the field of Trinitarian theology. Master’s in Theology from the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Theology (Belo Horizonte), with a thesis in the field of soteriology. Taught ecclesiology, ecumenical theology, and theology of religions at Dehonian College (Taubaté, SP) and systematics, ethics, and religious topics at the Graduate Program in Theology Studies from PUC-SP. Member of the International Commission for Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue (Santa Sé): Participates in annual International Colloquiums and collaborates on the production of “Charisms in the Church: Theological Significance and Pastoral Reach” (final report, 2015). Over the last eight years has worked on the Religion & Ecology interface and developed studies on Islam. Research areas: Systematic Theology from a Pentecostal Perspective, Subjects of Islamic Thought and Christianity, Salvation and Religions, Religion/Ecology Interface.

PhD in Psychology from the University of São Paulo; Master’s in Fundamental Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University; Master’s in Psychology from the University of São Paulo; Specialization in Psychopedagogy and in the Teaching-Learning Process from the Claretian University Center in Batatais. Doctorate in Pontifical Fundamental Theology from the Lateran University. Research areas: Theological Method, Baroque Scholasticism, Religious Phenomenology, and Figures of Contemporary Thought.

Full Professor at PUCPR; postdoctoral studies in Bioethics at the Chair of Bioethics at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, in Madrid, with a scholarship from CAPES/Carolina Foundation. He holds a PhD in Theology from EST/IEPG in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. His doctoral thesis in bioethics was the result of research - with the support of Capes - at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He holds a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Paraná at Curitiba. He is a specialist in Bioethics and has a degree in Philosophy. Today he is a professor both in the Postgraduate Programme in Theology and in Bioethics at PUCPR (where he is also head of Programme), leader of the Theology and Bioethics Research Group, member of Brazilian Society for Bioethics, Paraná section, and member of the Bioethics Committee of the Pequeno Príncipe Hospital. Visiting Professor at the Higher Institute of Philosophy and Theology D. Jaime G. Goulart, Dili, East Timor. Researchs in bioethics and Family, with emphasis in family planning and sexuality.

PhD and Master’s in Theology from the School of Theology; degree in Pedagogy from the Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State; degree in Psychology from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos. She has experience in the area of theological teaching, with an emphasis on the interface between Psychology and Theology. Main Research areas: Contemporary Subjectivity, Subjectivity Processes, Psychology of Religion, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Sacrifice.

Of Swiss origin and naturalized Brazilian, he holds a degree (1993) and a Doctorate in Theology (2001), both from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a Habilitation in Systematic Theology from the University of Bern, Switzerland (2010). Before moving to Curitiba to become a professor at PUCPR, where he serves both the PPGT and the Postgraduate Programme in Human Rights and Public Policies (PPDGH) and is, today, head of the Postgraduate Programme in Theology, he was professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue at Faculdades EST (formerly Escola Superior de Teologia) at São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where he also served as vice-rector for Postgraduate Studies and Research and founding director of the Ethics Institute (2003-19). Since 2013, he has been professor extraordinary in the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He holds a productivity in research scholarship from the Brazilian National Council for Scientifc and Technological Development (CNPq) and held research fellowships at the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton (2007); the Lichtenberg-Kolleg at the University of Göttingen (2011) and with the Humboldt Foundation/CAPES at the Universities of Göttingen and Munich (three periods between 2013 and 2016). Visiting Professorships at the Biblical University of Costa Rica (2014 – Mackay Lectures); the University of Halle-Wittenberg (two periods between 2015 and 2016) and the Catholic Private University of Linz (2021). He is moderator of the Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and a member of the board of directors of the Globethics.net Foundation, where he also presides the Academic Committee. Currently, he is also the chairman of the Global Network of Public Theology (GNPT). His research areas are: Public Theology, Political Ethics, Bioethics, Ecumenical and Interreligious Hermeneutics, Religious Mobility, Pluralism, Contextual and Ecumenical Theology, Doctrine of the Trinity.

PhD in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro focused on Biblical Theology. Master’s in Biblical Sciences from the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome. Degree in Philosophy from the University of Passo Fundo; degree in Theology from the Center for Higher Studies of the Society of Jesus. Main research areas: Exegesis of the Old and New Testament, Biblical Theology, Bible and Pastoral, Bible and Human Relations, Conflicts in Relationships between People and Leaders and Spirituality.

PhD in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Master and Bachelor of Theology from the Jesuit School of Philosophy and Theology. Degree in Philosophy and specialization in Bioethics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. Research areas: Bioethics and Pastoral Care, Moral Theology, and Bio Technoscience/Biotechnology.