DEACON SHERMAN'S PROFILE
The Reverend Deacon Professor Dr Sherman Kuek OFS is a permanent deacon of the Catholic Church, a Secular Franciscan, theologian, teacher, and preacher. As a deacon, he is incardinated in the Diocese of Melaka Johor, Malaysia. As a theologian, Deacon Sherman is the Cornelius Cardinal Sim Professor of Theology and Dialogue at the Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE), an ecumenical and cross-disciplinary research institute chartered under the EUCLID prerogative (United Nations Treaty Series 49006/49007) and affiliated with the School of Theology and Interfaith Studies of Polê Universitaire Euclide (UNESCO/IAU WHED ID: IAU-024734). He has also been appointed Visiting Professor at several institutions of higher education locally and abroad. As a teacher of the Catholic faith, he is the Convenor of the Splendour Project, a Catholic apostolate for formation, evangelisation, and discipleship. Deacon Sherman spends much of his time communicating the Christian faith through prolific speaking, writing and media production. His Doctor of Theology degree was conferred by Trinity Theological College in Singapore
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DATE OF BIRTH
16 June 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH Muar, Johor (Malaysia) SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION St Andrew's Secondary School, Muar TERTIARY EDUCATION BSc Hons Management (1995 - 1998) University of Bradford, UK Master of Divinity (1999 - 2002) Trinity Theological College, Singapore Doctor of Theology (2002 - 2008) (Theology & Social Theory) Trinity Theological College, Singapore MARITAL STATUS / CHILDREN Married / Son (born Sep 2010) RECEIVED INTO FULL COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH Easter Vigil of 2008 PERMANENT PROFESSION, ORDO FRANCISCANUS SAECULARIS 28 August 2009 (Feast of St Augustine of Hippo) DIACONAL ORDINATION 16 June 2010 (by the Rt Rev. Paul Tan SJ, Bishop of Malacca Johore) PROFESSORIAL INSTALLATION 16 September 2021 as Cornelius Cardinal Sim Professor of Theology and Dialogue for the Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE) VISITING LECTURESHIPS / PROFESSORSHIPS Visiting Lecturer in Christian Spirituality and Ecclesiology Saint Paul's Theological College, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Visiting Professor of Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research, Nagaland (India) Visiting Professor of Social Science Saint Xavier College Jalukie, Nagaland (India) Visiting Professor of Asian Christianity Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai (India) PRESENT MINISTRY Theologian, Formator, Catechist, Lecturer RESEARCH INTERESTS Ecumenism Interreligious Dialogue Modern Catholic Thought Theology and Social Theory Modernity in the Global South The New Evangelisation |