The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II)
The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II)

Author: Eric Marcelo Genilo

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9789715508261

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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction by Daniel Franklin Pilario -- Looking Back, Looking Forward: Revisiting PCP II by Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi -- Being Rooted in the Word: PCP II and Sacred Scripture by Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David -- Jesus in PCP II, Jesus of the Margins by Daniel Franklin Pilario and Luciminda Baldicimo -- Christ and Social Transformation:The Christological Journeyfrom PCP II to CFC by Adrian Louie Z. Atonducan -- Church of the Poor: An Unfinished Agenda by Bishop Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr. -- Philippine Transparochial Communities: Forces of Renewal or Blocs of Resistance in the Church of the Poor? by Emmanuel S. de Guzman -- Between Faith and Politics: What Happened to the Mediating Structures? by Agnes M. Brazal -- In Search of New Trajectories in Religious Life by Lode L. Wostyn -- Parallel Paradigms of Evangelization: FABC and PCP II by James H. Kroeger -- Second Plenary Councilof the Philippines (PCP II) Compendium of Resources James H. Kroeger -- Epilogue: The Church of PCP II after the RH Bill Debate by Eric Marcelo O. Genilo -- Notes About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y

Pilgrimage from Rome
Pilgrimage from Rome

Author: Bartholomew F. Brewer

Publisher: BJU Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780890841754

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"If anyone had told me the things I know now about the Catholic Church when I was a seminarian or a young priest, I would have been outraged, would have plugged my ears, or would have run. I would not have believed such charges and would have regarded them as authored by the devil. I had been brain-washed against all such things. At sixteen years of age, I entered the seminary where I applied myself diligently, and at the age of twenty-eight, I was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Discalced Carmelite Order. Then I went forth into the field, doing as I was told, wanting nothing more than to increase the Church, desiring to live and die a Catholic priest and perhaps even become a saint. I had been a priest about five years when a change began to come over my life. I was not at peace." - Back cover.

Catholicism in Migration and Diaspora
Catholicism in Migration and Diaspora

Author: Gemma Tulud Cruz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-07-28

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1000609898

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This book focuses on the Philippines as a powerhouse in the Catholic and global migration landscape. It offers a wide-ranging look at the roles, dynamics, character, and trajectories of Catholic faith and practice in the age of migration through an interdisciplinary, religious, and theological approach to Filipino Catholics’ experience of migration and diaspora both at home and overseas. In so doing, the book introduces the reader to the hallmarks and characteristics of a contextual model of world Christianity and global Catholicism in the twenty-first century.

Neighborliness
Neighborliness

Author: Erdman Pandero

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-12-08

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1543463568

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The communities in the Southern Philippines are wounded and scarred by the never-ending atrocities between the Philippine Government and Muslim rebel groups who are fighting for their land, their identity and their autonomy. The neighborhood communities between Muslims and Christians are the most affected in the atrocities. It affects the way they live, move and act as neighbors to one another. The neighborliness in the region changes as the landscape of the political and social arena changes. Thus, it is but proper that the healing and reconciliation begins in the same scarred and wounded neighborhoods. This study identifies three narratives of neighborliness in the region; (1) the intentional communities established during the American regime, (2) the neighborliness introduced by the Bishops and the Ulama in response to the document Nostra Aetate, and (3) the proposed neighborliness anchored in the document A Common Word Between Us and You. The Basic Ecclesial Communities and the Ummah are the communities at the frontier of this new neighborliness. These are the communities who are challenged to live the spirituality of reconciliation as they live this new neighborliness.

Liberation Theologies on Shifting Grounds
Liberation Theologies on Shifting Grounds

Author: Georges de Schrijver

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9789042903029

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Besides their insistence on praxis and the application of the Word of God to a given situation, Liberation Theologies make ample use of tools of analysis to uncover root causes of oppression. Now, it is precisely with respect to these tools that Liberation Theologies today find themselves on shifting grounds. In intra-ecclesiastical circles cultural concerns have come to replace socio-economic analysis, whereas after the implosion of the East Bloc the liberationists proper also pay more attention to the issues of gender, ecology, and indigenous movements. The contributions to this volume, originating from various continents, discuss to what extent this shift in emphasis is desirable, and acceptable, and conclude that the cultural focus cannot possibly invalidate but only enrich and complete the socio-economic analysis. They, moreover, try to assess the developments in light of globalization (economics, informatics), on the one hand, and postmodernity on the other. Given the impact of western culture politics, the question arises as to whether the native cultures will succeed in keeping up their religious core values and structures of solidarity - two elements so indispensable for liberative commitments.

Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality and Modern Sociology
Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality and Modern Sociology

Author: Vivencio Ballano

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-28

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 104012772X

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This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis’s church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality. It explores the behavioral and research aspects of this latest synod, applying sociological perspectives and methods and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, and church documents. The author argues that sociology is crucial for translating the major theological concepts into behavioral and research indicators to empirically ground the overall theological framework of the synod as an ecclesial innovation rather than a revolution in the Catholic Church. The importance of sociological research methodology is emphasized to guide the synod’s complex and multi-stage qualitative data collection, which seeks to understand the synodal concerns of all Catholics in today’s world. The book addresses the need for scientific approaches to church reforms and for a nuanced complementarity between sociology and theology. It will be of particular interest to scholars of theology, religion, and sociology, as well as those actively involved in the workings of the Catholic Church.