Rate My Professor Marco Ceccarelli

Dr. Marco Ceccarelli serves as Sessional Lecturer and Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus, where he teaches Church history. He earned his MA and PhD from The University of Western Australia, with his doctoral thesis titled "A Clash of Civilisations or a Dialogue of Faiths? La Civiltà Cattolica and Catholic Responses to Islamic Terrorism." His research interests encompass Church history, Jesuit scholarship, Catholic responses to terrorism, interfaith dialogue, the history of modern Europe, and European literature. In addition to his academic role, Ceccarelli is Director of the Centre for Faith Enrichment, the adult faith formation agency of the Archdiocese of Perth. His prior appointments include teaching European history, literature, and culture at The University of Western Australia; Acting Assistant Editor at the Archdiocese of Perth Communications Office; and Chief Submissions Editor of Limina, UWA’s Postgraduate Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies. He also holds a position on the International Advisory Board of Alternative Perspectives and Global Concerns (APGC) in Canada.

Ceccarelli's key publications include the book chapter “Return to the Heart of Christ Consciousness: Catholic Thought on Islamic Terrorism and the Road Towards Interfaith Dialogue” in Cosmic Consciousness and Human Excellence: Implications for Global Ethics (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018), as well as “Analysing the Ideological Roots of Terrorism: La Civiltà Cattolica and Catholic Responses to Islamic Fundamentalism in the Twenty-first Century” (pp. 219-239) and “Dialogue as a Weapon against Violent Extremism: Jesuit Responses to Persecuted Christian Minorities in the Islamic World” (pp. 241-257), both in The Root Causes of Terrorism: A Religious Studies Perspective (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016). His journal article “Catholic Thought as Soft-Counterterrorism: La Civiltà Cattolica on non-Violent Solutions to Islamic Terrorism” was published in The Journal of Religion and Violence 2, no. 1 (2014): 6-44. He has delivered conference papers at events such as the 41st ARPA Conference (Brisbane, 2015), AAEH XXII Biennial Conference (UWA, 2011), and the Root Causes of Terrorism conference (Leiden University, 2011). Ceccarelli organized an interreligious conference for the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate (2015) and contributed an article on interfaith dialogue to ABC Religion and Ethics (2017). His honors include the Ramon Williams Scholarship (2015), Éperon Prize (2010), and Adeste Humaniores Award (2007).