José M. de Mesa
Inter-Congregational Theological Center
Quezon City, Philippines

José M. de Mesa, a married Filipino lay theologian, is University Fellow and professor of systematic theology at the Inter-Congregational Theological Center (Quezon City, Philippines).  A former dean at Maryhill School of Theology and a former resident faculty at the East Asian Pastoral Institute, he holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.  Dr. de Mesa is also a member of the Asian Communication Network, an ecumenical and inter-faith group of communicators.  Currently, the Visiting Luzbetak Professor of Mission and Culture at the Catholic Theological Union, he has authored a number of books including Following the Way of the Disciples, In Solidarity with the Culture, Why Theology is Never Far from Home, The Prayer Our Lord Taught Us and Bakas: Retrieving the Sense of Sacramentality of the Ordinary.