Pakikibaka at Pagsamba: Country Report on the State of Practical Theology in the Philippines
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Jeane Peracullo
## De La Salle University | 63148 ##
Abstract
The Country Report explores how various academic institutions have been vital in advancing Practical Theology in the Philippines since the EDSA Revolution in 1986. It highlights two main concepts: Pakikibaka, which deals with solidarity in struggles through theological methods, education, and pastoral care. Pagsamba focuses on worship elements like liturgy, liturgical songs, and preaching. These concepts help structure the report and showcase the contributions of theological schools to the growth of Practical Theology in the country. Key themes include the shifts toward inculturation and contextualization and pressing practical issues such as immigration, the Filipino diaspora, environmental concerns, and engagement in political and public spaces.
Zusammenfassung
Der Länderbericht untersucht, wie verschiedene akademische Institutionen seit der EDSA-Revolution 1986 zur Entwicklung der Praktischen Theologie auf den Philippinen beigetragen haben. Im Zentrum der Argumentation stehen die beiden Konzepte „Pakikibaka“ (solidarischer Kampf im Kontext von Bildung und Seelsorge) und „Pagsamba“ (Anbetung im Kontext von Liturgie und Gottesdienst). Diese Konzepte stellen wichtige Beiträge der theologischen Schulen zur Entwicklung der Praktischen Theologie im Land dar. Zentrale Themen der Praktischen Theologie auf den Philippinen sind die Hinwendung zu Inkulturation und Kontextualisierung von Theologie sowie drängende praktische Fragen wie Immigration, die philippinische Diaspora, ökologische Probleme und politisches Engagement im öffentlichen Raum.
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## De La Salle University | 63148 ##
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- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- International Report
- Pakikibaka at Pagsamba: Country Report on the State of Practical Theology in the Philippines
- Research Report
- Comprehensive Schools as the Frontier of Religious Education: Current Developments and Emerging Principles in Germany
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- Character of Protestant pastors: A focus group study
- “What else could we have done?”
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- Faith in Flux: Using Transformative Learning Theory to Explore Religious Doubt in Adult Christians
- Pain as a Profound Mystery: Proposing Hopeful Anthropocene Pastoral Care and Counseling through Eschatological Self
- Book Reviews
- Manual Stetter, Die Konstitution der Toten. Eine Religionsethnografie der Bestattungspraxis, Leipzig (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt) 2024, 323 pp., ISBN 978-3-374-07569-0, 98 €.
- Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Tilling Sacred Grounds: Interiority, Black Women, and Religious Experience, Lanham (Lexington Books) 2024, 153 pp., ISBN 978-1-7936-3864-9, $39.99 USD.
- Philipp Öhlmann, Ignatius Swart, Birgit Weyel, Simangaliso Kumalo, Marie-Luise Frost (Eds.), Lived Religion and Lived Development in Contemporary Society. Essays in Honour of Wilhelm Gräb. Research in Contemporary Religion (RCR), Göttingen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 2024, 511 pp., ISBN 978-3-525-50071-2, 99 €.
