EMMANUEL S. DE GUZMAN, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Systematic and Migration Theology

Contact Information

St. Vincent's School of Theology
221 Tandang Sora Avenue
P.O. Box 1179
1151 Quezon City
Tel. (+63 02) 939-4361; 930-9392

Courses

Ecclesiology and Ministries in Migration Context, Introducing Theologies of Migration

Areas of Interest

Migration Theology, Mission and Spirituality of the Laity, Basic Ecclesial Communities

Background

Emmanuel Serafica de Guzman, Ph.D., is a married theologian from the Philippines. He is a fulltime professor of Systematic Theology at St. Vincent School of Theology (SVST) – Adamson University, in Quezon City, Philippines, where he is also the Director for Theological and Pastoral Services. Among the regular courses he teaches are “Introducing Theologies of Migration” and “Ecclesiology and Ministries in Migration Context,” which he conducts in SVST and at the Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University, in Quezon City. He is also a regular lecturer of “Introducing Pastoral Studies” at East Asia Pastoral Institute, Quezon City; “Shifting Paradigms of Culture, Church and Mission” at the Euntes Mission Center, Zamboanga City (Philippines); and various systematic theological courses at Notre Dame Center for Catechetical Formation, Cotabato City (Philippines), and at the Institute of Philosophy and Religion, in St. Louis University, Baguio City (Philippines).

He has published academic works, among which are theological reflections on migration (see references in this booklet). He also has read academic papers dealing with migration concerns, such as “The Aroma of Difference in Migratory Relations” during the 2007 Annual Conference of Damdaming Katoliko sa Teolohiya (DaKaTeo) or Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines; “Paul for Today’s Slaves of Globalization: The Migrants’ Anti-Imperial Marginality” during the 2007 Mission Study Conference at Maryhill School of Theology, and in the same venue, “Wired-in-Christ: Ecclesiological Reflections in Migration Context,” during the 2006 Mission Study Conference. His other academic research interests and pastoral endeavors are focused on theologies emerging “from the margins” and dealing with various facets of the life of mission and spirituality of the laity, as well as on basic ecclesial communities. He is co-founder and former secretary of DaKaTeo, and co-founder as well of the Catholic Resources for Theological Education (CResT). He obtained his doctoral degree in Religious Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.