Exploring the Spirituality of "Babad": Engaging the Poor and Inter-Religious Dialogue Today

This paper explores the notion and praxis of "Babad" (immersion) as a significant process of engaging with the poor and other religions of today. In the first part of the essay, the author explicates the etymological and contextual meaning of the term "babad" in the Philippine co...

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Main Author: Capucao, Dave Dean 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: Studies in interreligious dialogue
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-67
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Philippines / Interfaith dialogue / The Other / Shared virtual environments (Virtual reality)
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
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Summary:This paper explores the notion and praxis of "Babad" (immersion) as a significant process of engaging with the poor and other religions of today. In the first part of the essay, the author explicates the etymological and contextual meaning of the term "babad" in the Philippine context. Both the "active" and "passive" elements of immersion prompts insights to our connectedness with the self, with others, with the society, with the world, and with the "Ultimate Other". The second part of the paper deals with the hermeneutics of immersion by pointing out how one understands, feels, and acts through the process of immersion. The third part of the essay draws some implications of the methodology of babad to the inter-religious and intercultural dialogue today.
ISSN:1783-1806
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in interreligious dialogue
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/SID.31.1.3289543