Si tatang at ang hiwaga ng kanyang panahon: A history of the bukal na pananampalataya, 1911-1971

• Main Author: De Nobili, Lou Brad N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Political parties > Philippines; Lapiang Malaya; Bukal na Pananampalataya; Social history; Social History
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_history/12; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=etdb_history
• Institution: De La Salle University

Nearly half a century since the Lapiang Malaya (LM), the political arm of the Bukal na Pananampalataya, was catapulted into national headlines for the bloody confrontation with the Philippine Constabulary, the movement is still considered as a band of deluded fanatics in the national collective memory. The connection of the movement in beliefs, symbols, and narrative to what David Sturtevant calls the “turbulent tradition” of the Philippine countryside has spurred the writer to undertake the study. The thesis looks into the history of the movement from its founding on April 21, 1911 to November 4, 1971, the date of closure of the movement’s rebellion case, through the lens of Anthony Wallace’s anthropological theory of revitalization which looks at social movements as deliberate and conscious efforts of segments of society to enact culture change. Adopting the processual structure proposed by Wallace, the author discusses and analyzes the historical context of Valentin De Los Santos’ milieu, his subsequent vision, the development of Bukal, and the organization of the Bukal into the LM. In addition, the researcher also aims to contribute to the body of works concerning peasant movements. Historical method or the descriptive-analytical-narrative method is utilized in the thesis.