FR. DANIEL FRANKLIN PILARIO, CM, Ph.D.

      Fr. Daniel Franklin Pilario, CM is a member of the Congregation of Mission. He is a professor and the present Dean of the St. Vincent School of Theology of Adamson University. He is also a guest minister at the Parokya ng Ina ng Lupang Pangako in Payatas, Quezon City.

      Fr. Pilario is a founding member and former president of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines, also known as DAKATEO (Damdaming Katoliko sa Teolohiya). His field of research covers fundamental theology, theological anthropology, inculturation, interreligious dialogue, liberation theologies and popular religions, theological method and political-social theory.

      Fr. Pilario finished his Bachelor in Sacred Theology degree at the University of Santo Tomas (Manila) and his Licentiate/Masters in Theology and Doctorate in Theology degrees at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.

      From the Academische Stichting Leuven, his book Back to the Rough Grounds of Praxis: Exploring Theological Method with Pierre Bourdieu received the prize as the best research written in the humanities in Belgium from the years 2002 to 2005.

      He has also been published in or served on the editorial boards of local and international journals like Hapag, Jahrbuch für kontextuelle Theologien, Questions Liturgiques, Bijdragen, Asian Christian Review, Chakana, Religious Life Asia, Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Concilium. 

      Fr. Pilario hails from Hagdan, Oslob, Cebu.