Fr. Khalil CHALFOUN

Faculty of Religious Studies
Higher Institute of Religious Studies

Instructor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext khalil.chalfoun@usj.edu.lb

Father Khalil Chalfoun was ordained a priest in the Maronite Church in 1991. He holds a PhD in Theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris, France, in Anthropology and Religious Sciences from the Sorbonne-Paris IV in 1987. Father Chalfoun has been teaching theology in several theological faculties in Lebanon since 1991 and wrote several articles and books in theology and anthropology. He was Director of the Collège Technique de la Sagesse (technical institute) from 1991 to 2000. Then, he was Dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences and Theology at La Sagesse University from 2001 to 2015. And from 2015 to 2020, he was appointed President of the La Sagesse University in Beirut, Lebanon.

Highest degree : PhD in Religious Studies - Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4) [France]


DegreesUniversityCountryYear
PHDInstitut catholique de ParisFrance1987
Doctorat de 3ème cycle en sciences des religionsUniversité Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)France1987
Dea in history of religionUniversité Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)France1982
Canonical master in theologyInstitut catholique de ParisFrance1980
Canonical bachelor in theologyInstitut catholique de ParisFrance1978

Experience in University Teaching Outside USJCountryInstitutionStart DateEnd Date
Theology teacherLebanonUniversité Antonine (UA)06/09/200430/08/2008
Dogmatic teacherLebanonUniversité la Sagesse (ULS)03/09/200129/10/2024
Dogmatic teacherLebanonUniversité Saint-Esprit- Kaslik (USEK)02/09/199129/10/2024

Professional ExperienceOrganizationStart dateEnd date
Dean of the science of religion faculty from 2001 to 2015, than vice Rector to the academic affairs from 2013 to 2015, than Rector of the university frim 2015 till 2020Université La Sagesse29/10/200128/08/2020
Director of the InstituteInstitut Technique de la Sagesse02/09/199131/08/2000

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

More than 120 publications in international specialized journal, among them here are some articles : - الخوري خليل شلفون، في لاهوت الرجاء المسيحيّ، منشورات الحكمة، 2021 -صفحات من حكاية عمر. مقالات في الفلسفة وعلم الأديان، منشورات الحكمة، 2019 -الافخارستيا نبع الحياة، مطبعة معوشي وزكريّا، 2022 الشرّ والشرّير، مساهمة في كتاب نجّنا من الشرّير، USJ-ISSR، 2021 - -قراءة في وثيقة الأخوّة الإنسانيّة، المقاصد، 14-2020 - Article « La place et le rôle des laïcs dans le Synode des Évêques pour le Liban (1995) et dans le Synode patriarcal maronite (2003-2006) », Revue POC, 2024