Paul Kollman, C.S.C. Ph.D.
(B.A., M.Div., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. University of Chicago Divinity School) Associate Professor, Department of Theology and Fellow of the Kellogg, Kroc, and Nanovic Institutes, University of Notre Dame
Paul Kollman serves in the areas of History of Christianity and World Religions/World Church in the theology department at Notre Dame.
His research focuses on African Christianity, mission history, and world Christianity, and he has carried out research in eastern Africa, Nigeria, and South Africa, as well as in archives in Europe and the US.
He has published articles and reviews in a variety of journals in theology, religious studies, and African studies, including
The Journal of Religion in Africa, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Theological Studies, The International Bulletin of Missionary Research, The Journal of Religion, African Studies, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, and Mission Studies.
In 2005 he published The Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa and his current project is a book on the Catholic missionary evangelization of eastern Africa. He is also engaged in a long-term study of the Catholic Charismatic Movement in Africa.
In the spring of 2011 he will be missiologist-in-residence for the Church Mission Society in Oxford, UK.
231 Malloy Hall, 574-631-3873, pkollman@nd.edu