The way of the cross : suffering selfhoods in the Roman Catholic Philippines /
Author / Creator: | Bautista, Julius, author. |
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Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019] |
Description: | 138 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11963262 |
Summary: | Every year during Holy Week in the Philippine province of Pampanga, hundreds of men and women undergo acts of excruciating, self-inflicted pain in ways that evoke the Way of the Cross: the torment and crucifixion that Christ endured in the last days of his earthly existence. Because these Passion rituals are officially disavowed by the Filipino Roman Catholic Church, most observers view them as irrational and extremist mimicry of Christ's painful ordeal. Even scholars conventionally depict them as theatrical "spectacle" or macabre examples of Filipino "folk religion." But what conditions enable ritual actors to submit to such extreme pain? What justifications do they give for going against official prohibitions? What outcomes do they seek in channeling Christian piety in this way? |
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Physical Description: | 138 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780824879976 082487997X |