International Scientific Committee
Dr. Sandra Arenas (Catholic University of Temuco, Chile)
Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Between 2013 and 2019, she was a professor at the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. During the 2018-2019 academic year, she served as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. In January 2020, she became the Dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile. Areas of development: Vatican II Studies, ecclesiology, and ecumenical dialogue.
Dr. Waldecir Gonzaga (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome, Italy) and Postdoctorate from FAJE (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). Director and Professor of Biblical Theology at the Department of Theology at PUC-Rio. Creator and leader of the Biblical Semitic Rhetorical Analysis Study Group, accredited by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
Dr. Marcela Mazzini (Catholic University of Argentina)
Argentina. Laywoman. Ph.D. in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Spiritual companion at the “Santa María” Center for Spirituality (Buenos Aires, Argentina). She holds a Master's degree in Transcultural Spirituality from Ramón Llull University (Barcelona, Spain). Expert in clinical spirituality from the University of Deusto (Madrid). Full Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Argentina and director of the Theological Research Institute of the same Faculty.
Dr. José Luis Meza-Rueda (Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia)
Ph.D. and Master's in Theology from the Pontifical Javeriana University. Master's in Teaching from La Salle University. Specialist in Sexual and Family Education, FUM. Specialist in Human and Social Development, Pio X University Institute. Bachelor in Religious Studies from La Salle University. Full Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Javeriana University. Member of the Didaskalia research group. Bogotá, Colombia.
Dr. Fernando Soler (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
Patrologist, Assistant Professor, and Director of Research, Publications, and Library. Studies Christianity, mainly Alexandrian, from the 3rd century. Specialist in Origen and the use of metaphors related to eating and drinking in theological contexts, and the role of food in shaping identities in ancient Christianity.
Dr. Manuel Hurtado (Catholic University San Pablo, Cochabamba, Bolivia)
Manuel Hurtado's research and teaching combine systematic theology and theology of religions, with a special interest in intercultural and interreligious dialogue with Amerindian cultures and religions in the horizon and inspiration of his theological research.