On the Anthropology and Theology of Roman Catholic Rituals in the Philippines

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" On the Anthropology and Theology of Roman Catholic Rituals in the Philippines "
Julius Bautista

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1068974
Doc. No	:	LA112603
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00101009‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Julius Bautista
Title & Author	:	On the Anthropology and Theology of Roman Catholic Rituals in the Philippines [Article]\ Julius Bautista
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1
Page No	:	143–156
Abstract	:	The topic of this paper is the dynamics of clerical and public attitudes pertaining to the continued performance of Passion rituals of self-mortification among Roman Catholics in the Philippines. I examine discourses of official clerical disavowal of Passion rituals as well as the seemingly contrasting attitudes of accommodation and tacit encouragement from clerics ‘on the ground’. I argue that the diversity of perspectives on Passion rituals are not contradictions per se, but they are facets of the theological notion of inculturation, which espouses cultural porosity and diversity as elements of spiritual formation. In so doing, I discuss how scholars can come to a better appreciation of the analytical utility of inculturation by pursuing the disciplinary convergence between theology and anthropology. I submit that this anthro-theology does not only involve anthropologists expanding their conceptual range to include theological concepts but also making adjustments to the way we think about the epistemological subject positions of clerics and theologians, particularly as they are encountered in the process of ethnographic fieldwork.
Descriptor	:	anthropology
Descriptor	:	inculturation
Descriptor	:	passion rituals
Descriptor	:	Philippines
Descriptor	:	Roman Catholicism
Descriptor	:	theology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00101009‬