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Dr. Fides del Castillo 

Full Professor

Educational Background

Dr. Fides del Castillo is a Full Professor at De La Salle University. She was a Lamin Sanneh Research Grant Awardee of the OMSC, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA  (2022-2024), and was a visiting scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA (2021), and KU Leuven, Belgium (2022). Dr. del Castillo is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Mission Studies, where she serves as the Regional Representative in Asia (2022-2026) and a consultant of the CBCP- Basic Ecclesial Communities Commission. Dr. del Castillo developed the Laylayan Theology (2022) which theologizes a Filipino cultural concept that has been appropriated that privileges and brings to the fore the voices of the people from the margins.

Research Interest

  • Lived Theology
  • Empirical Theology
  • Spirituality
  • World Christianity

Selected Publications

  • Del Castillo, F. A. (2022). Laylayan Theology: Listening to the Voices from the Margins. Religions, 13(5), 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050391
  • Del Castillo, F. (2024). A Theological and Scriptural Basis for Laylayan Theology. International Bulletin of Mission Research, 48(4), 485-493. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393241275985
  • Del Castillo, F. A., Del Castillo, C. D. B., & Koenig, H. G. (2023). Associations between Prayer and Mental Health among Christian Youth in the Philippines. Religions, 14(6), 806. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14060806
  • Del Castillo FA. Health, spirituality and Covid-19: Themes and insights. J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 Jun 7;43(2):e254-e255. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa185. PMID: 33044544; PMCID: PMC7665609.

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