Robert Cheaib

Canonical doctorate in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. After having taught for several years in Rome at several universities such as the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Teresianum Faculty of Theology and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, I am now a teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon. Since 2018, I have been appointed by Pope Francis as a consultor member of the Pontifical Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
My main area of specific research is the genesis of faith (initium fidei) and the mystagogy of interiority, particularly in dialogue with authors such as Viktor Emil Frankl (God and the question of meaning), Maurice Blondel (God and the question of the will), St. John Henry Newman (God and the way of consciousness, the baptism of the imagination) and Karl Rahner (the mystagogy of interiority).
In recent years, I have been interested in the question of the night of the faith of the saints, as a vocation and a provocation for our era characterized by a certain eclipse of the meaning of God.
I have to my credit twelve books, originally written in Italian. Some have been translated into other languages, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Romanian.  The topics range from works on fundamental theology and spiritual theology to issues of marriage and faith education.
My life as a teacher-scholar is intrinsically associated with the communication of faith through a sustained activity of conferences and sessions in various contexts.