Event Type
Papers Read
Start Date
3-6-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
3-6-2019 11:45 AM
Description
Abstract Pentecostals are frequently leveled in the sideline of civic engagement with less participation in the public life due to their preoccupation to other worldly eschatology and one way ticket evangelistic effort. This study does not share with the above observations, but argues that Pentecostal civic engagement has been increasingly recognized as one of the resource capitals that empowers the lives of the poor. Research however about the civic engagement of Pentecostals in South East Asia, particularly in the Philippines, remains understudied and invisible in much o f the literature of civic engagement. This paper attempts to investigate the impact of Pentecostal/Charismatic religion on civil society and what contribution does the study of "spirit empowered" religion make to our understanding of the role of religion i n human society. This study utilize s quantitative and qualitative approach of enquiry to flesh out empirical evidences that reveal what Filipino Pentecostals believe and practice about civic engagement. We provide a case study of our findings to further point out that Pentecostals in the Philippines are not on the “sideline” of civic engagement but one of the religious players in the creation of just and loving society.
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Study 2: “Doing Pentecostal Civic Engagement in the Squatter Area of Baugio City, Philippines.”
Abstract Pentecostals are frequently leveled in the sideline of civic engagement with less participation in the public life due to their preoccupation to other worldly eschatology and one way ticket evangelistic effort. This study does not share with the above observations, but argues that Pentecostal civic engagement has been increasingly recognized as one of the resource capitals that empowers the lives of the poor. Research however about the civic engagement of Pentecostals in South East Asia, particularly in the Philippines, remains understudied and invisible in much o f the literature of civic engagement. This paper attempts to investigate the impact of Pentecostal/Charismatic religion on civil society and what contribution does the study of "spirit empowered" religion make to our understanding of the role of religion i n human society. This study utilize s quantitative and qualitative approach of enquiry to flesh out empirical evidences that reveal what Filipino Pentecostals believe and practice about civic engagement. We provide a case study of our findings to further point out that Pentecostals in the Philippines are not on the “sideline” of civic engagement but one of the religious players in the creation of just and loving society.
*** Access to Scholar Consultation papers are restricted to E21 scholars only. Please contact the administrator (hsrc@oru.edu) if you have questions. ***
