Draft:Stephan van Erp

Stephan van Erp (born October 6 1966, in Tilburg, the Netherlands) is a Professor of Fundamental Theology at KU Leuven, Belgium, where he holds the Ladies of Bethany Chair for studies into global catholicity. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry of the Australian Catholic University.

After his studies philosophy at the Radboud University Nijmegen and theology at the University of Oxford, Van Erp obtained his doctoral degree in Theology with a dissertation on the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar in 2004. He taught systematic theology and theological ethics at the University of Tilburg, the University of Groningen, and the Radboud University Nijmegen. In Nijmegen, he held the Edward Schillebeeckx Chair between 2018 and 2022. since 2015, he teaches fundamental theology at KU Leuven, where he is Director of the Interfaculty Center for Catholic Thought (InFaCT). Van Erp is also the Director of the Center for Catholic Theology and Social Justice at Ateneo de Manila.

Van Erp is a lay dominican and is currently publishing a 6-volume history of dominican spirituality.

Publicaties

 * van Erp, S. (2004). The Art of Theology. Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics and Fundamental Theology. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.
 * van Erp, S., Minch, D. (Eds.) (2019). T&T Clark Handbook of Edward Schillebeeckx. London: T&T Clark. ISBN: 9780567662439.
 * van Erp, S., Milh, A. (Eds.) (2019). Identité et visibilité. Conflits de générations chez les dominicains. (Collection "Spiritualité"). Toulouse: Domuni Press. ISBN: 978-2-36648-097-9.
 * van Erp, S. (Ed.) (2019). God de levende. Essays over geloof, cultuur en politiek. (Theologische klassiekers). KokBoekencentrum. ISBN: 9789043529396.
 * van Erp, S., Haers, J. (Eds) (2023). Theos and Polis. Political Theology as Discernment. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN: 9789042950238.