Morality politics: Drug use and the Catholic Church in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Cornelio, Jayeel, Lasco, Gideon
• 格式: text
• 出版: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• 主題: drugs; Catholic Church; morality politics; moral politics; the Philippines; Duterte; Development Studies; Political Science; Religion; Sociology
• 在線閱讀: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/46; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=dev-stud-faculty-pubs
• 機構: Ateneo De Manila University

This article traces the trajectory of the Catholic Church’s discourses on drug use in the Philippines since the first time a statement was made in the 1970s. By drawing on official statements by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), it argues that shifts in emphasis have taken p...