Dr. Helle, Jukka
Assistant Professor (Missiology, Contextual Theology, Worship and Liturgy)
Tel: 2684 3252
Email: [email protected]
Education:
Doctor of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2018.
Ignatian Spiritual Director, The Finnish Retreat Association, Finland, 2016.
Thai Language Proficiency Examination, Ministry of Education, Thailand, 1996.
Missionary Training Course, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Finland, 1995.
Retreat Director, The Finnish Retreat Association, Finland, 1990.
Master of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland,1988.
Teaching:
Assistant Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2022-.
Executive Secretary for Mission and International Work, Diocese of Kuopio, Finland, 2014-2018, 2021-2022.
Senior Theological Advisor, Mekong region, Felm, Finland, 2019-2020.
Lecturer, McGilvary College of Divinity, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2019-2020.
Lecturer, Bangkok Institute of Theology, Thailand, 2019-2020.
Lecturer, Luther Seminary in Thailand, 1996-2011, 2014-2020.
Research Interests:
Asian Contextual Theologies
Missiology
Theology of Religions and Comparative Theology
Contemporary Asian Catholic Theology
Contextual Worship and Liturgy
Christian Spirituality
Ecclesiastical:
Advanced Pastoral Qualification, Church Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (Helsinki) together with the Diocese of Kuopio, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 2022.
Memberships:
International Association of Catholic Missiologists, IACM, 2020-.
International Association of Mission Studies, IAMS, 2018-.
Member, Asian Liturgy Forum, 2005-.
Selected Publications:
“Mission of the Church – Together with Other Religions? – An Asian Example”, www.teologia.fi (As of September 2024 the article is in the publication process).
“Teologiaa Manilan marginaalista” (Theology from the Margin of Manila), in Roomasta maailman ääriin – näkökulmia globaaliin katolisuuteen (From Rome to the ends of the world – Perspectives on Global Catholicism), Gaudeamus, (forthcoming in 2025, as of September 2024, the article is in the peer-reviewer process).
“Asian Pilgrim Church and its Missionary Identity”, pp. 137-150, in Mission and Asia.- Proceedings of the Continental Conferences of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM)- Asia. Eds: Antonio Gilberto Marqueses and Suzette Nellas. Logos Publications, Inc, Manila: 2022.
Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church, Brill, 2022 (https://brill.com/view/title/57309)
“The Word Became Flesh and Made His Dwelling among us” in Holy Play - Aspects for the Liturgical Renewal in Asia, Lutheran Institute of Theological Education, Bangkok, Thailand (in English and Thai), 2002.
Towards a Truly Catholic and a Truly Asian Church - An Asian Wayfaring Theology of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) 1970-2012, Unigrafia, Helsinki, 2018 (https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/234405)
“What about to go the Mass!”, several chapters, Luther Seminary in Thailand (in English and Thai), 2010.