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ISBN | 9789710042326 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Bib. Info | xxviii, 404p. Includes Bibliography |
Product Weight | 540 gms. |
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At first glance, the title of the book suggests that the material might be another work sold for pious consumption; however, flipping upon the pages of De Nazareno’s work shows that this monograph is a product of rigorous aca-demic research from an interpretivist analysis of official statements issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. The discourses fleshed out from these statements served as the framework which guided the engagement of the organization to the Philippine political realm starting from its foundation in 1972 until the mid-period of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency in 2005. Works employing discursive analyses of CBCP’s pronouncements and political stances are not scarce as several papers regarding the topic were already published. Despite the presence of this corpus, De Nazareno’s book was prefigured by a similar monograph published in the Filipino vernacular language. Bestowed with a lengthy title in Filipino language, Demetrio’s Ang Mga Ideolohiyang Politikal ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines: Isang Pag-aaral sa mga Piling Pahayag mula sa Limang Panahon ng Kontemporaryong Ekle-siastiko-Politikal na Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas (The Political Ideology of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines: A Study on Selected Documents from Five Pe-riods of the Ecclesiastical-Political History of the Philippines) dissected the different political themes present among CBCP pastoral letters and located them in a binary classifications, namely, progressive-retrogressive and liberal-authoritarian wherein the former is categorized into five inclinations: radical, liberal, moderate, conservative and reactionary. In relation, De Nazareno’s work also looked for lingering political themes; however, these themes were interpreted to shed light in order to understand the varying patterns of CBCP engagement in every administration from Marcos to Arroyo.