The RoH Team consists of the following personnel:

Tricia Yeoh
BBusComm (Monash, Malaysia);
MSc Research Methods (Warwick, UK).

Tricia is currently the Director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies, at which she engages in national socio-economic issues through research, analysis and fostering policy dialogue. This covers a wide range of issues, dealing for example, with inter-faith dialogue and economic policies. Her work involves interacting closely with the country's socio-political environment. She hopes to work constructively toward a matured and united Malaysia, and envisions faith and vocation as one, as we seek common goals and platforms in the long-term nation-building process. She blogs on www.egalitaria.wordpress.com.

Veronica Anne Retnam
BSc Resource Economics (UPM, Malaysia);
MEd Educational Psychology (Cardiff, Wales).

Veronica started off with working with out-of-school youth and was then responsible for the formation of Catholic undergraduates in Malaysia. Then for nearly 18 years she was an economics lecturer at UiTM (previously Institut Technologi MARA). Her concerns are about reaching out effectively to poor communities and working with them in empowering partnerships. Her interest is also developmental psychology with a focus on research for policy change. She is currently focusing on training and development for low income communities.

Revd Dr Jojo M. Fung, SJ
MA in Theology (LST, Manila);
MA in Social Anthropology (London, UK);
STL (Berkeley);
Doctorate in Contextual Theology (CTU, Chicago).

The Reverend Dr Jojo Fung is an ordained priest in the Society of Jesus, an order of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Director of the Campus Ministry, the Orang Asli Ministry, and the Ministry of Eumenism and Interreligious Dialogue in the Diocese of Melaka-Johore. He is also the Coordinator of I.N.T.R.Asia and Co-editor of the Arrupe Papers. Father Jojo is a prolific writer on issues pertaining to the gospel as it relates to local contextual issues. He blogs on www.jojofung.wordpress.com.

Revd Sivin Kit
BTh (STM, Malaysia);
MTheo cand. (SEAGST).

The Reverend Sivin Kit is a minister of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore (LCMS) and pastor of Bangsar Lutheran Church. Sivin is primarily concerned about ecclesiastical interactions with local social-political realities and desires to see the emergence of more contextual responses towards these realities. He brings with him a wealth of pastoral and missional perspectives in contribution to this conversation so as to ensure that our constructions are based on realistic observations. He blogs on www.sivinkit.net.

Sherman YL Kuek
BScHons Management (Bradford, UK);
MDiv (TTC, Singapore);
DTh cand. (TTC, Singapore).

Sherman is a theological researcher, writer and conversationist who dialogues with people of various backgrounds and traditions on issues pertaining to theology, spirituality, and culture. He is the Convenor of Revolution of Hope (RoH Malaysia). At the parish level, he serves as a Lay Ecclesial Minister (Pastoral Assistant). Sherman is completing a doctorate degree in Systematic and Contextual Theology with Trinity Theological College (Singapore). He blogs on www.shermankuek.net.

Alwyn Lau
BScHons Economics (University of London, UK);
BD Hons (University of London, UK);
MBA cand. (Universitas 21 Global).

Alwyn is a Researcher and Teacher at Fairview International School. Being an astute theological thinker, he is interested in theological methods, emerging theologies, as well as the relevance of the Christian faith to the emerging generation. Alwyn is also concerned about issues pertaining to education. He is presently studying for a Master of Business Administration degree. He blogs on www.alwynlau.blogdrive.com.

Our primary goal in the configuration of this team is to reflect an adequate representation of both genders, both the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, and both the social-scientific and theological disciplines in interaction with each other. We have come to participate in this effort propelled by various collective motivations and reasons:

Integrating local spiritualities into our understanding;

Feeding real socio-political issues into theology;

Finding like-minded people to form and write theologies together;

Tying in faith and life together;

Translating words into action, empowering marginalised people;

The need for Asian-driven theology, local contextual theologies;

Disillusionment with Western-centric theology;

Growth into self-identity;

Creating a tradition for the future generations.