Upon this indigenous religious base two foreign religions were introduced -- Islam and Christianity -- and a process of cultural adaptation and synthesis began that is still evolving. Spain introduced ...

Tagalog is a common dialect. The dominant religion in the Philippines is Catholicism, and churches abound throughout the country. The older generations in the Philippines tend to be quite religious.

religion and globalization. It concludes with a pessimistic analysis of the erosion of the social in modern society and the inability of new religions to provide ‘social repair'. "A distinguished ...

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Although his scholarship is focused on Mormon studies, Howlett consistently addresses broader themes in the study of religion, e.g. pilgrimage, globalization ... Structuring Common Differences in the ...

Controversial Philippine evangelist Apollo Quiboloy’s bid for a Senate seat in the 2025 midterm elections is raising alarms about an “unholy alliance between religion and politics”, as ...

But five important qualifications to the notion that today's globalization is unprecedented ... Money and goods, images and people, sports and religions, guns and drugs, and diseases and pollution can ...

This course focuses on the diverse processes of globalization and democratization observed in Southeast Asia over the past few decades. Special attention is paid to democracy in Indonesia and the ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories ...

Apollo Quiboloy, a detained Filipino preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States, listens as he attends a senate inquiry at the ...

Apollo Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed "son of God," is wanted for sex trafficking and child abuse in both the Philippines and the United States. Manila’s LGBTQ community rallied in support of drag ...

A distinguished display of theoretical sophistication and empirical richness that restores religion to its rightful position at the centre of sociological debates about modernity, globalization, ...