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Led by the spirit. Festschrift in honor of Herbert Schneider, SJ. On the occasion of his 65th birthday, 2002

Asian Horizons, Sep 30, 2014

that seminarians are subjected to contributing in part to the development of many unhealthy attit... more that seminarians are subjected to contributing in part to the development of many unhealthy attitudes toward sex and sexuality? Is the "artificial exclusive environment" something that fails to equip seminarians in formation with the life and psychological skills necessary for coping with the secular world? And if seminarians are herded in seminaries that are "set apart" from the rest of humanity until they are "released" for mission, does this not develop a sense of power, privilege, and entitlement among the ordained, protected as they are by a structure that shields them from accountability and the call for transparency, something common among many "elite" institutions? See Nicole Trahan, "The Evil of Clericalism, " Global Sisters Report (Aug. 31, 2018), available at https://www.globalsistersreport.org/column/horizons/ evil-clericalism-55340 (accessed September 15, 2018). 4 Bill Mitchell, "Why the bishops should welcome invitation to resign, " National Catholic Reporter (Aug. 21, 2018), available at https:// www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/why-bishops-should-welcomeinvitation-resign (accessed August 22, 2018). Cf.

In his project to analyze, discover, and elicit a new socially-relevant Filipino Christ, Dr.Micha... more In his project to analyze, discover, and elicit a new socially-relevant Filipino Christ, Dr.Michael Asis appeals to the historical study of Jesus and the development of christology, to the interpretation of the past as relevant to the present, and to an empirical cultural study of Filipino spirituality. People generally relate to Christ who shares in our suffering in this world, but incarnates God’s forgiveness of human weakness. “He died for our sins.” Christ lives deeply inside family values; he is God’s presence celebrated in liturgy, in the feasts and fiestas of the year, and in personal devotion, especially in crisis. But the opening up of Jesus’ actual ministry, so vividly portrayed in the gospel stories, signals for the public sector a new relevance of Christ to moral commitment. This book proposes that a turn to the ministry of Jesus provides a new link between the doctrine of Christ and Philippine society and culture. Asis concretely suggests how the church can help nurture...

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, 2019

Current research on the Historical Jesus challenges Filipino Christology to do a “Christology fro... more Current research on the Historical Jesus challenges Filipino Christology to do a “Christology from Below”—emphasizing the struggles and humanity of Jesus in first century Palestine as an appropriate starting point for a meaningful and relevant Filipino Christology today. Are our current Jesus images mere projections of our deep desire to fashion him in our own image? Or are they grounded on real, historical facets of his life? Any re-appropriation of the memory of the Jesus of history must, for the most part, become honest appropriations of the spirit of Jesus’ historical life and message, which focused on realizing the Kingdom of God, particularly on behalf of the worlds’ poor and marginalized.

Landas: Journal of Loyola School of Theology, 2016

The primary concern of this article is an issue of a hermeneutical nature: What is the appropriat... more The primary concern of this article is an issue of a hermeneutical nature: What is the appropriate way of interpreting Scripture? How do we approach and construe it? Do we “dismiss certain rigorous [moral] demands with the magic phrase of ‘time conditioned’”?1 But is it not that historically conditioned assertions of faith are precisely the concern of the whole historical-critical enterprise? Is it not the case that the historical-critical method is precisely concerned with the original historical circumstances surrounding the initial articulation of any theological statement?

Landas Journal of Loyola School of Theology, 2001

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, 2013

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza's "emancipatory solidarity" theory is here proposed as the framework f... more Francis Schüssler Fiorenza's "emancipatory solidarity" theory is here proposed as the framework for an alternative Filipino soteriology that focuses not on the Cross as sole salvific event, but on Christ's life, ministry, death, and resurrection in its entirety as key to human redemption in its fullness, including both the physical and spiritual dimensions. In contrast to the concept of redemption as the mere alleviation of suffering, this paper suggests an alternative interpretation of the Filipino virtue of fortitude in the face of suffering as in itself constitutive of a redemptive religious moment and experience.

Led by the spirit. Festschrift in honor of Herbert Schneider, SJ. On the occasion of his 65th birthday, 2002

Asian Horizons, Sep 30, 2014

that seminarians are subjected to contributing in part to the development of many unhealthy attit... more that seminarians are subjected to contributing in part to the development of many unhealthy attitudes toward sex and sexuality? Is the "artificial exclusive environment" something that fails to equip seminarians in formation with the life and psychological skills necessary for coping with the secular world? And if seminarians are herded in seminaries that are "set apart" from the rest of humanity until they are "released" for mission, does this not develop a sense of power, privilege, and entitlement among the ordained, protected as they are by a structure that shields them from accountability and the call for transparency, something common among many "elite" institutions? See Nicole Trahan, "The Evil of Clericalism, " Global Sisters Report (Aug. 31, 2018), available at https://www.globalsistersreport.org/column/horizons/ evil-clericalism-55340 (accessed September 15, 2018). 4 Bill Mitchell, "Why the bishops should welcome invitation to resign, " National Catholic Reporter (Aug. 21, 2018), available at https:// www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/why-bishops-should-welcomeinvitation-resign (accessed August 22, 2018). Cf.

In his project to analyze, discover, and elicit a new socially-relevant Filipino Christ, Dr.Micha... more In his project to analyze, discover, and elicit a new socially-relevant Filipino Christ, Dr.Michael Asis appeals to the historical study of Jesus and the development of christology, to the interpretation of the past as relevant to the present, and to an empirical cultural study of Filipino spirituality. People generally relate to Christ who shares in our suffering in this world, but incarnates God’s forgiveness of human weakness. “He died for our sins.” Christ lives deeply inside family values; he is God’s presence celebrated in liturgy, in the feasts and fiestas of the year, and in personal devotion, especially in crisis. But the opening up of Jesus’ actual ministry, so vividly portrayed in the gospel stories, signals for the public sector a new relevance of Christ to moral commitment. This book proposes that a turn to the ministry of Jesus provides a new link between the doctrine of Christ and Philippine society and culture. Asis concretely suggests how the church can help nurture...

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, 2019

Current research on the Historical Jesus challenges Filipino Christology to do a “Christology fro... more Current research on the Historical Jesus challenges Filipino Christology to do a “Christology from Below”—emphasizing the struggles and humanity of Jesus in first century Palestine as an appropriate starting point for a meaningful and relevant Filipino Christology today. Are our current Jesus images mere projections of our deep desire to fashion him in our own image? Or are they grounded on real, historical facets of his life? Any re-appropriation of the memory of the Jesus of history must, for the most part, become honest appropriations of the spirit of Jesus’ historical life and message, which focused on realizing the Kingdom of God, particularly on behalf of the worlds’ poor and marginalized.

Landas: Journal of Loyola School of Theology, 2016

The primary concern of this article is an issue of a hermeneutical nature: What is the appropriat... more The primary concern of this article is an issue of a hermeneutical nature: What is the appropriate way of interpreting Scripture? How do we approach and construe it? Do we “dismiss certain rigorous [moral] demands with the magic phrase of ‘time conditioned’”?1 But is it not that historically conditioned assertions of faith are precisely the concern of the whole historical-critical enterprise? Is it not the case that the historical-critical method is precisely concerned with the original historical circumstances surrounding the initial articulation of any theological statement?

Landas Journal of Loyola School of Theology, 2001

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, 2013

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza's "emancipatory solidarity" theory is here proposed as the framework f... more Francis Schüssler Fiorenza's "emancipatory solidarity" theory is here proposed as the framework for an alternative Filipino soteriology that focuses not on the Cross as sole salvific event, but on Christ's life, ministry, death, and resurrection in its entirety as key to human redemption in its fullness, including both the physical and spiritual dimensions. In contrast to the concept of redemption as the mere alleviation of suffering, this paper suggests an alternative interpretation of the Filipino virtue of fortitude in the face of suffering as in itself constitutive of a redemptive religious moment and experience.