Clint Le Bruyns is Senior Lecturer in Public Theology and Ethics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He teaches introduction to ethics, political ethics, sexual ethics, medical ethics and economic ethics at the undergraduate level. He teaches public theology, moral formation, and research methodology at the postgraduate level. He supervises many local and international Master’s and PhD students completing research projects in public theology, ethics and business. During the course of 1991-2004 he completed studies at Cornerstone Christian College, University of South Africa, University of the Western Cape, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Stellenbosch University.
Dr Le Bruyns’ areas of expertise revolve around the theme of public theology and economic life, involving a critical engagement with such questions as the meaning of public responsibility; theology of work; globalisation and justice; the ethics of H Richard Niebuhr and Paul Tillich. He attended to some of these areas in two postdoctoral research projects: firstly, with the Andrew W Mellon Foundation on “Globalisation and economic justice in the world of work” (2006-2008), and secondly, with the National Research Foundation on “Responsibility and social agency in public life” (2009). More recently he has given special attention to Kairos theologies and global responsibility, including especially the Palestine Kairos Document and the public solidarity movement.
Clint is also an adjunct-professor in the School of Leadership and Development at Eastern University, USA, where he teaches spiritual formation for Christian leaders at the graduate level. He serves various local, national and global institutions and organizations in providing strategic consultancy and thought leadership. In addition to the publication of popular and scholarly articles, he has co-edited two books: The Humanization of Globalization (Germany, 2008) and Ragbag Theologies (South Africa, 2009).
Dr Le Bruyns begins an appointment as Senior Lecturer in Theology and Development at the School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, from 1 July 2011. See http://theologyanddevelopment.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx