Academic Qualifications:

• • Dip.Phil. (Colombo).

  • B.Th., S.S.L. (Rome).

  • Élève titulaire de l'École biblique et archéologique française (Jerusalem).

S.T.D./Docteur en théologie (Louvain-la-Neuve).

Teaching Experience:

• • Professor, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

  • Visiting Lecturer, Post Graduate Diploma/Master in Conflict Resolution, Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • Visiting Lecturer, Theological College of Lanka, Pilimatalawa, Sri Lanka

  • Visiting Lecturer, Diploma Course in Conflict Resolution conducted in Sri Lanka by the Centre for Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK and by the Social Scientists' Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Sister Formation of the Aquinas College of Higher Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • Visiting Lecturer, Istituto delle scienze religiose, Bologna, Italy.

  • Visiting Lecturer, East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI), Manila, Philippines.

  • Visiting Lecturer, National Seminary of Our Lady of Lanka, Ampitiya, Sri Lanka.

Research and Publications:

Books in English

• • Wijesinghe, S.L. On Justice and Peace. Peace Studies and Biblical Reflections (Logos 44; Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 2023).

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. – Silva, R. (Eds.), Dynamics of Mission. Essays in Honour of Oswald B. Firth OMI (Logos 43; Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 2022).

  • ____, Primeval History, Patriarchs and Matriarchs. Essays on Genesis (Krisansa 5; Christian Culture Society, Kelaniya 2019).

  • Brewer, J.D. – Hayes, B. – Dudgeon, K. – Mueller-Hirth, N. – Teeney, F. – Wijesinghe, S.L. The Sociology of Everyday Life Peacebulding (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict; Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2018).

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. Narrative, Language and Grammar. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek (Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, Colombo 2007).

  • ____, Jeremiah 34,8-22. Structure and Redactional History of the Masoretic Text and of the Septuagint Hebrew Vorlage (Logos 37/1 & 2; Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 1999).
    
    

Books in Sinhala

විජේසිංහ, එස්. එල්. නව ගිවිසුමෙහි ක්‍රිස්තු වේදයට ප්‍රවේශයක් (සාවනා 12ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2023).

____, ජෝබ් ග්‍රන්ථ විවරණය (සමාජය හා සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2007).

____, ජෙරමියා ග්‍රන්ථ විවරණය (සමාජය හා සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2007).

____, දිවැසිවරු සහ සාධාරණත්වය (සාවනා 5ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2002).

____, “පීඩක පීඩිත භාවයේ සුලමුල”, ජන දෙවිදහමක් සඳහා බයිබලීය සංකේත (සාවනා 4ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2001).

____, බයිබලය අධ්‍යයනයට අත්වැලක් (සාවනා 3ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2000).

____, ඊශ්‍රායෙලයේ දිවැසිවරු (සාවනා 1ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2000).

Articles in English

• • Wijesinghe, S.L. “The Symbols of the Flood Narrative. Genesis 6,5 – 9,17”, Journal of Religious Reflection 18/1 (2024) 13-19.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. – Pathmanathan, S. – Liyanage, P. - Mazahir, S.M.M. “Civilization Studies. Humanizing Heritage”, Beyond Boundaries. One Hundred Years of Humanities and Social Sciences I (P. de Silva, a.o.) (UGC Sri Lanka; Colombo 2021) 262-293.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. “Victims of War as Agents of Peace. Narratives of War and Peace from Kebithigollawa”, Dreaming Shalom. Journeying together for Peace in Asia (ed. Huang Po Ho) (Tianan 2022) 67-87.

  • ____, “Jesus, the Church and the Poor in Vatican II”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 14/1 (2019) 28-43.

  • ____, “Mary and Human Liberation Revisited”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 13/2 (2019) 28-39.

  • ____, “The Eden Narrative. Reading Genesis 2,4b-3,24”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 13/1 (2019) 33-51.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. – Brewer, J.D. “Peace Religiosity and Forgiveness among War Victims in Sri Lanka”, The Sociology of Compromise after Conflict (eds. J.D. Brewer – B.C. Hayes – F. Teeney) (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict; Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2018) 129-155.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L., “Liberation of the Small-Scale Paddy Farmer in Sri Lanka: A Space for Ecology and Peace”, A New Vision of Inter-Religious Spirituality (FS J. Samarakone; eds.  A. Rayappan – H. Immanuel) (Dharmaram, Bengaluru 2018) 373-390.

  • Brewer, J.D. – Hayes, B.C. – Dudgeon, K. – Mueller-Hirth, N. – Teeney, F. – Wijesinghe, S.L. “Victims as Moral Beacons of Humanitarianism in Post-Conflict Societies”, International Social Science Journal (Sept. 2016)

  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/issj.12075/full

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. “The Well and the Wedding. Reading Genesis 29,1-30”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 10/1 (2016) 26-35.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L.  “Peace Catechesis. A Contextual Approach”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 10/1 (2016) 7-16.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L.  “Dream, Promise and Vow in Bethel. Reading Genesis 28,10-22”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 9/2 (2015) 13-18.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L.  “Religion, Space and Peace in Sri Lanka. Transforming Spaces of Freedom Threatened by Violence into Islands of Civility”, The Changing World Religion Map (ed. S.D. Brunn) (Springer, Dordrecht 2015) 3669-3678.

  • Abeyasingha, N. – Wijesinghe, S.L. “Asian Churches amidst Asian Conflicts: The Impetus of Vatican II on Peacemaking”, Revisiting Vatican II. 50 Years of Renewal III (ed. S.G. Kochurthara) (Dharmaram, Bangalore 2015) 345-357.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. “Isaac’s Blindness and Rebekah’s Vision. Reading Genesis 26,34-28,9”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 9/1 (2015) 10-17.

  • ____, “Gen 25,19-35. The Introduction to the Jacob Cycle”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 8/2 (2014) 44-51.

  • ____, “In Search of Historical Abraham. Do Modern Biblical Studies Imperil Spirituality?”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 7/2 (2013) 57-64.

  • ____, “The Abraham Cycle”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 7/1 (2013) 61-67.

  • ____, “Reception of Vatican II. Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Grassroots Communities in Sri Lanka”, Voices 35/2 (2012) 133-138.

  • ____, “Journeying from Conviction to Commitment. Celebrating the Year of Faith”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 6/2 (2012) 1-3.

  • ____, “Genesis 22,1-19. The Test of Abraham”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 6/2 (2012) 35-40.

  • ____, “Genesis 18,1-15. Visitors of Abraham and Sarah”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 5/2 (2011) 46-50.

  • ____, “Judah and Benjamin. Evolving a Theology of Peace in Sri Lanka”, Théologique 18 (2010) 217-240.

  • ____, “Justice in the Biblical Tradition. A Challenge to the Christian Mission”, East Asian Pastoral Review 47 (2010)176-189.

  • ____, “The Oblates and the Prophetic Mission of Re-establishing Justice”, Trailblazing Evangelization in the 21st Century. Challenges to Oblate Mission Today (ed. O.B. Firth) (Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 2010) 207-229.

  • ____, “Relevance of Grassroots Peacemaking for Sustainable Peace in Sri Lanka”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 4/1 (2010) 12-18.

  • ____, “Genesis 16,1-16. The Sarai-Hagar Episode”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 3/2 (2009) 19-23.

  • ____, “The Symbols of Light and Darkness in Genesis 15”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 3/1 (2009) 31-37.

  • ____, “In Search of Symbols beyond Science. Genesis 1,1-2,4 and the Creation-Evolution Debate”, From the Human to the Divine (FS. M. Fernando; eds. C. Fernando – K. Fernando) (Subodhi Institute of Integral Education, Piliyandala 2009) 144-156.

  • ____, “Radical Dimensions of Biblical Justice and Re-establishing Global Justice” Dialogue NS 25-26 (2008 & 2009) 181-204.

  • ____, “Genesis 6,5-9,17. Flood of Violence”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 2/2 (2008)     20-24.

  • ____, “Formulating a Contextual Adult Catechesis in Sri Lanka”, Living Faith 8/1 (2008) 1-8.

  • ____, “Cain and Abel. Brotherhood in Crisis”, Journal of Religious Reflection NS 1/2 (2007)   45-52.

  • ____, "Symbols in Genesis 2,4b-3,24", Journal of Religious Reflection NS 1/1 (2007) 9-13.

  • ____, "Training for Justice and Peace. An Exegetical Guide", Creating a Better World with the Victims of Globalization" (Logos 41, Nos. 2 & 3; Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 2004) 121-128.

  • ____, "Places of Worship in the Bible. A Theological Reading Prompted by the Recent Attacks on Places of Christian Worship in Sri Lanka", Encounters with the Word. Essays to Honor Aloysius Pieris s.j. (eds. R. Crusz-M. Fernando-A. Tilakaratne) (EISD, Colombo –MWI, Aachen –Missionsprokur der Jesuiten Nurnberg 2004) 629-639.

  • ____, "Theologising with the Leadership at the Grassroots, Sri Lanka", Charting the Future of Theology and Theological Education in Asian Contexts (eds. D.K. Suh-A. Meuthrath-C. Hyondok) (ISPCK, Delhi 2004) 143-163.

  • ____, "Prophetic Initiatives amidst Deadly Conflict", Artisans of Peace. Grassroots Peacemaking among Christian Communities (eds. M.A. Cejka-T.Bamat) (Orbis, Maryknoll, New York 2003) 166-195.

  • ____, "Three Obstacles to Peacemaking in Sri Lanka", I want  to Speak of Tenderness. 50 Writers for Anne Ranasinghe (ed. G. Robuchon) (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo 2003) 386-390.

  • Abeyasingha, N. - Wijesinghe, S.L. "Les chrétiens à Sri Lanka" Eglises d'Asie  377 (June 2003) 8-23.

  • Wijesinghe, S.L. "The Ecumenical Perspectives for Contextual Theologies", Ministerial Formation 100 (Jan 2003) 75-81.

  • ____, "Local Culture and Peacemaking in Sri Lanka", Honouring Martin Quéré o.m.i. (ed. G. Robuchon) (Viator Publications, Negombo 2002) 257-260; revised French version "Culture locale et dialogue pour la paix au Sri Lanka. Le difficile exercise de la réconciliation", Eglises d'Asie  377 (June 2003) 25-26.

  • ____, "'Nation Building' A Random Survey of Biblical Dynamics", Living Faith 2/1 (2001) 1-7.

  • ____, "Marcan Baptism. A Sri Lankan Hermeneutic", Christianity and Colonisation and Globalisation (Logos 36, Nos. 3 & 4; Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo 1999) 75-84.

  • ____, "Tracing the Short Version Behind the Short Text (LXX). A New Approach to the Redaction of Jeremiah 34,8-22", Le Muséon 110 (1997) 293-328.

  • ____, "Scriptural and Theological Basis of a Methodology for Catholic Social Teaching in Asia", Launching the Second Century. The Future of Catholic Social Thought in Asia (eds. T. Fernando-H. O'Sullivan) (Asian Centre for the Progress of Peoples, Hong Kong 1993) 30-38.

Articles in Sinhala

එස්. එල්. විජේසිංහ, “පංච පුස්තකයේ අධ්‍යයන ඉතිහාසය”, ක්‍රිසංසා 2/1 (2014 ජූනි) 1-54.

____, “හිතොපදේශ පොතෙහි ඉපැරණි හිතොපදේශ”, සංස්තුති (මහාචාර්ය චන්ද්‍රසිරි පල්ලියගුරු උපහාර කලාපය: සංස්. කේ. කුමාරසිංහ - ජේ. දනන්සූරිය - එච්. ඩයස් - යූ. ආර්. හේවාවිතානගමගේ) කොළඹ: 2009) 351-360.

____, “ක්‍රිස්තු උත්ථානය පිළිබඳ පාවුලු චින්තනයේ මූලිකාංග”, දහම් දියඹ 12 (2008) 115-119.

____,“දේශයට සරිලන දෙව්දහමක්”, මානව ශාස්ත්‍ර පීඨ ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය 5 (2008) 141-156.

____, “ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ළමා දෙව්දහමක්: අත්දැකීම් විග්‍රහය සහ බයිබලීය සංකල්ප, දේව ධර්මයේ නව ප්‍රවණතා (සංස්ග එස්ග එල්ග විජේසිංහ, සාවනා 10ත කොළඹ: සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, 2007) 1-13.

____, “නව ගිවිසුම තුළ විමුක්ති ගතික: ප්‍රවේශය, ක්‍රමවේදය සහ තේමා”, දහම් දියඹ 9 (2007) 35-46.

____, “ශුද්ධාත්ම දීමනා”, දේව ධර්මයේ නව ප්‍රවණතා (සංස්ග එස්ග එල්ග විජේසිංහ, සාවනා 10ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2007) 145-157.

____, “මිනිස් සිරුර හා මානව විමුක්තිය”, දහම් දියඹ 9 (2007) 61-68.

____, “මංගල වාක්‍ය පිළිබඳ ක්‍රිස්තුවේදී අර්ථකථනයක්”, දේව ධර්මයේ නව ප්‍රවණතා (සංස්ග එස්ග එල්ග විජේසිංහ, සාවනා 10ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2007) 122-127.

____, “උපමා පිළිබඳ ක්‍රිස්තුවේදී අර්ථකථනයක්”, දේව ධර්මයේ නව ප්‍රවණතා (සංස්ග එස්ග එල්ග විජේසිංහ, සාවනා 10ත සමාජය සහ සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රය, කොළඹ 2007) 128-135.

____, “දිවැසිවරය සහ ප්‍රාණපරිත්‍යාගිවරය: නාසරතයේ ජේසුන් වහන්සේගේ ජීවිතයේ විමුක්ති ගතික”, දහම් දියඹ 9 (2007) 49-59.

Research Interest:

• • Theology of Peace, Theology of Water, Old Testament Exegesis

International & National Workshop/ Seminar/ Conference & Participations (selected)

• • Presented a paper “Genesis 1-3: History or Theology?” at the conference Wither Humanity? Wither Asia? Wither Sri Lanka? at the Teilhard de Chardin Centre for Science, Spirituality and the Future of Subodhi Institute of Integral Education, Piliyandala Sri Lanka (24-27 April 2014).

  • Attended the seminar “The Pentateuch” (Seminario di aggiornamento per studiosi e docenti di Sacra Scrittura) at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy (20-24 January 2014).

  • Presented a paper in collaboration with Rev. Dr. Nihal Abeyasingha" Asian Churches amidst Asian Conflicts: The Impetus of Vatican II on Peacemaking" at the conference Revisiting Vatican II: 50 Years of Renewal at Dharmaram College, Bangalore, India (31 January – 3 February 2013).

  • Attended the consultation “Compromise After Conflict” of the University of Aberdeen, UK held in Belfast (December 2010).

  • Attended the World Forum on Theology and Liberation at the Fundacio Cultural do Para Tancredo Neves - Centur, in Belem, Brazil (21-25 January 2009).

  • Attended the Workshop on Naming, Unmasking and Engaging with Principalities and Powers organized by the Christian Conference of Asia and National Christian Council of Sri Lanka in Kandy, Sri Lanka (7-8 February 2008).

  • Attended the Consultation on Ethics in Action organized by the Asian Human rights commission, Hong Kong (December 2007).

  • Attended the Consultation on Transforming Theology and Life-giving Civilization organized by the World Council of Churches and the Council for World Mission in Changseong, Republic of South Korea (12-17 August 2007).

  • Presented a paper "Judah and Benjamin. Evolving a Theology of Peace in Sri Lanka" at the international consultation on Sri Lankan Theology: Retrospect and Prospect sponsored by the Theological College of Lanka, Pilimatalawa, in Kandy, Sri Lanka (26-28 June 2006).

  • Attended the 6th Asian Theological Conference (ATC VI) of the Ecumenical Association of the Third World Theologians in Colombo, Sri Lanka (24-31 March 2006).

  • Presented a paper "The Exodus and the Biblical Jubilee: An Asian Reading" at the conference Reading the Bible at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium (27-29 October 2005).

  • Attended the Workshop on The Teaching of Religious Studies in Asia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (7-10 July 2005).

  • Attended the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil (26-31 January 2005).

  • Attended the World Forum on Theology and Liberation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (21-25 January 2005).

  • Presented a paper "Theologising with the Leadership at the Grassroots: A Sri LankanExperiment" at the Conference Teaching Theology in Asian Contexts. A Conference to Evaluate the Curricula, in Bangkok, Thailand (Sponsored by the Asian Christian Education Institute, Hong Kong and Institute of Missiology, Missio, Aachen, Germany) (1-6 December 2002).

  • Attended the third research conference on "Response of Grassroots Christians in Situations of Violent Conflict" at the Center for Mission Research and Study at Maryknoll, New York (July 2001).

  • Attended the first research conference on "Response of Grassroots Christians in Situations of Violent Conflict" at the Center for Mission Research and Study at Maryknoll, New York (October 1999).

  • Presented a paper "Political and Economic Alternatives in the Bible" at the international

  • conference on Christianity and Colonisation and Globalisation organised by the Centre for Society and Religion, Colombo, Sri Lanka (April 1998).

  • Presented a paper "Scriptural and Theological Bases of a Methodology for Catholic Social Thought in Asia" at the Asian Seminar on the Future of Catholic Social Thought at the Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples, in Hong Kong (12-21 March 1992).

  • Attended the conference on Palestinian Theology at Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies, Israel (March 1990).

  • Attended the South Asian Workshop on the Reign of God at the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre (NBCLC), Bangalore, India (11-14 October 1989).

  • Scholarships and Fellowships:

  • A scholarship from the Institute of Missiology, Missio, Aachen, Germany to pursue doctoral studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1993-1997).

  • A scholarship from the French Embassy , Colombo, Sri Lanka to pursue post-graduate research at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, Israel (February 1990-January 1991).

  • A scholarship from the Institut Catholique de Paris to study French at the same institute (July 1988).

  • A scholarship from the institute Kreuzberg, Bonn to study German at the same institute (July-September 1986).

  • A scholarship from the institute Kreuzberg, Bonn to study German at the same institute (July-September 1985).

  • A scholarship from the Help to the Church in Need, Königstein, Germany to complete the Licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (1985-1988).