'As the bamboo breaks...': toward retrieving a Filipino theological anthropology using the story of 'Malakas' and 'Maganda'

Michael Ariel Montoya

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'As the bamboo breaks...': toward retrieving a Filipino theological anthropology using the story of 'Malakas' and 'Maganda'

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Michael Ariel Montoya. 'as the Bamboo Breaks...': Toward Retrieving a Filipino Theological Anthropology Using the Story of 'malakas' and 'maganda'. Catholic Theological Union. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31461db0-f16f-435f-81e0-3e40ca5ade79.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. A. Montoya. 'As the bamboo breaks...': toward retrieving a Filipino theological anthropology using the story of 'Malakas' and 'Maganda'. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31461db0-f16f-435f-81e0-3e40ca5ade79

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Michael Ariel Montoya. 'as the Bamboo Breaks...': Toward Retrieving a Filipino Theological Anthropology Using the Story of 'malakas' and 'maganda'. Catholic Theological Union. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31461db0-f16f-435f-81e0-3e40ca5ade79.

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The Filipino story is marked by hundreds of years of colonial experience. So strong is the experience that a sense of identity is oftentimes unconsciously defined from the standards of the colonizer. The 'westaholic' attitude among the people acquired through years of subjugation makes it difficult to engage a story beyond that of colonial times. 'As the bamboo breaks...' attempts to reveal a story and a history waiting to be understood. It looks into the people's wisdom as told, concealed and preserved by Malakas and Maganda. It is a wisdom that runs through the blood of its people even beyond the colonial experience. It is a wisdom that lives! Christianity needs to listen to this story not only for it to be relevant but for Christianity to continue to live. The dialogue that this thesis proposes comes from the challenge of 'cosmodicy' within a globalized context where the subalterns speak. This dares the so-called experts to actually listen and learn. The story of Malakas and Maganda gives us some keys toward retrieving a Filipino theological anthropology. As such, this local story can be a source and resource of spirituality that can enrich not only the locals but Christianity as well. The kind of transformation that this story leads us to is hope-filled. Yet this can only be achieved as the bamboo breaks...

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