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Ferdinand Dagmang deposited Geography, Society, and Culture: Enablers (or Inhibitors) of Basic Ecclesial Community Development on Humanities Commons 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines has mandated the formation of Basic Ecclesial Communities in all Philippine dioceses. Despite this institutional push, the actual promotion and implementation of BECs have faced challenges. Some of these challenges come from implicit or hidden realities: geographies, social…[Read more]
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Ferdinand Dagmang deposited Ecological Way of Understanding and Explaining Clergy Sexual Misconduct on Humanities Commons 8 months, 2 weeks ago
In trying to understand and explain clergy sexual misconduct, this article seeks the help of two interrelated interpretive frames: (1) social structures and other network of relationships that immediately surround or embed persons, and (2) human behavior which is expressed through and because of social rules and resources, groups and grids,…[Read more]
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Ferdinand Dagmang deposited Culture as Enable for SDGs: Learning from Jesus of Nazareth’s Vision/Mission on Humanities Commons 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The UN document, Transforming Our World, affirms the enabling role of culture in its goal of transforming the world. While the UN assumes the necessity to interface with traditions, it does not take the time to articulate culture’s ambivalence. This article insists that proponents of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) should be mindful of…[Read more]
