Peter C. Phan

Peter C. Phan (Vietnamese: Phêrô Phan Đình Cho; born January 5, 1943) is a Vietnamese-born American Catholic theologian and the inaugural holder of the Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University.

[1] His many writings have been translated into Italian, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.

[2] He published in 2017 a response to the queries raised by the two church bodies, through the book The Joy of Religious Pluralism.

[3] Phan is the first non-Anglo to be elected President of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

This meeting addressed Phan's scholarly work on aspects of theology, including patristics, ecclesiology, eschatology, mission, inculturation, interreligious dialogue, religious pluralism, and World Christianity.