RT Article
T1 Toward Synodality and Social Transformation: Lived Religion of Select Catholic Women Servant Leaders
JF Religions
VO 13
IS 10
A1 Castillo, Del
A1 Castillo, Fides A. del ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1819887839
AB Basic ecclesial communities (BECs) are flourishing in the Philippines. While many Filipina Catholics are leading the "new way of being Church," little research has been conducted on their lived religion. Investigating the servant leadership of women in BECs provides us with a better understanding of the indispensable contributions of grassroots women to the Church and society toward synodality and transformation. As a response to this research gap, this study explores the concepts of faith and praxis among Filipina Catholic servant leaders (bai) of BECs in Mindanao. In this article, laylayan theology is used as a framework, and empirical phenomenology as a method of analysis to draw attention to BECs as a locus theologicus and privilege the marginalized voices of the bai. The study reveals that the select bai conceptualize the Catholic faith as personal yet ecclesial. The Church can participate in the missio Dei by fostering the communion of communities and engaging in social transformation. In addition, the bai maintain that the Church can remain relevant to the signs of the times by fostering fraternal collaboration of communities, evangelizing the youths, and promoting sacramental attitudes. The study affirms that women have the genuine freedom to realize their Christian identity and vocations, and one way to achieve this is through active participation in BECs.
K1 Mindanao
K1 Philippines
K1 bai
K1 Basic Ecclesial Communities
K1 Communion
K1 Ecclesiology
K1 laylayan theology
K1 Phenomenology
DO 10.3390/rel13100963