A ‘Righteous Intervention’:

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" A ‘Righteous Intervention’: "
Jayeel Cornelio, Ia Marañon

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1068996
Doc. No	:	LA112625
Call No	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00202005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ia Marañon
	:	Jayeel Cornelio
Title & Author	:	A ‘Righteous Intervention’: [Article] : Megachurch Christianity and Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines\ Jayeel Cornelio, Ia Marañon
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Asian Christianity
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	211–230
Abstract	:	Megachurches, which are among the fastest-growing religious organizations in the Philippines, have been apolitical towards Duterte’s war on drugs. In contrast to some influential religious groups, that they have not released any statement is glaring. At the same time, megachurches have adopted interventions that aim at the rehabilitation of drug-dependent individuals and the moral renewal of police officers. What accounts for these actions? For megachurch pastors, the war on drugs is a ‘righteous intervention’ on the part of a God-ordained administration. At the same time, addressing the proliferation of illegal drugs is ‘humanly impossible’. Thus responding to substance abuse can only be a spiritual matter. The task of the church is to treat it as a spiritual condition to which the answer is conversion and moral recovery. The article ends with a critical reflection on how these theological views ultimately reflect the interests of the class these megachurches represent.
Descriptor	:	Asian Studies
Descriptor	:	Christianity
Descriptor	:	Duterte
Descriptor	:	megachurch
Descriptor	:	Philippines
Descriptor	:	Religion in Asia
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Descriptor	:	war on drugs
Descriptor	:	World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/25424246-00202005‬