The Weight of History
by: Melba Padilla Maggay Ph.D.
Category: Leadership and Politics
Romans 13: A Personal or a Social Ethic?
by Dr. Melba Padilla Maggay.
Arrival Statement of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. at the Manila International Airport
to be delivered before his welcomers on August 21, 1983
Erasing Memories of Ninoy
by: Daniel Agoncillo
On the Separation of Church and State
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There Can Be No Real Unity There Can Be No Real Unity Marie Bernadette C. Apayor is a graduate of BS Human Ecology major in Social Technology at the College of Human Ecology, UP Los Baños. As development practitioners, it is inevitable to use the terms “collective action” or “people’s participation” in our conversations on…
Who is Habeas Corpus? Memories of a Martial Law Baby
Who is Habeas Corpus? Memories of a Martial Law Baby by Valerie Agbayani-Malabonga, Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC). I was four when Marcos became president in 1965. I was 11 when he declared Martial Law in 1972. I was 24 when Marcos was finally ousted from power in 1986 after ruling…
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An Uncanny Union: How Duterte’s Presidency is Setting Up the Return of Marcos’ Empire
An Uncanny Union: How Duterte’s Presidency is Setting Up the Return of Marcos’ Empire Yanan Melo, Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC) On September 29, 1989, the ousted Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos died in exile. After 21 years of ruling the Philippines with an iron fist—a dictatorship marked by bloodshed and countless…
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God, Man, the State, and Political Culture: Some Principles
God, Man, the State, and Political Culture: Some Principles William A. Dyrness Because the State does not exist in its own right but because of an authority that is derived from God, an understanding of the character and purposes of God must precede and undergird all considerations of the state. God is living and personal…
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Should Christians be involved in politics?
Should Christians Be Involved in Politics? Dr. Isabelo F. Magalit What do the presidential elections have to do with us who are heavenly-minded? We whose minds are not on earthly things, whose primary citizenship is in heaven, from where our eagerly awaited Savior will come, the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil. 3:19b, 20)?Some of us say,…