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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam). He is a research associate
in the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, and a research fellow at Wesley House, Cambridge, and an associate of the Allan Gray Centre for Values Based Leadership at the University
of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB). Dion holds two PhD degrees. His first PhD is in theology and science (specialising in intersubjective identity, cognitive neuroscience
and African relational ontology, 2006). His second PhD was awarded at Radboud University, in the Netherlands with a focus on intercultural hermeneutics and the 'politics' forgiveness among
Black and White South Africans (2017).
His research is focussed in the areas of Public Theologies and Christian Ethics, with a focus on political ethics and economic ethics and the roles of faith communities and faith identity as
they operate in the various publics of society.
DAAD Stipendium, NRF rated researcher, World Economic Forum Expert Network, G20 Anti-Racism interfaith Policy Task Team