Ralph Semino Galán. Discernments: Literary Essays, Cultural Critiques and Book Reviews. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2013. 99 pages.

• Main Author: Salazar, Jaime Oscar M.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol4/iss1/6; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1095/viewcontent/PAHA_204.1_206_20Book_20reviews_20__20Salazar.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excerpt: The practice of discernment demands keen insight, incisive judgment, and intelligent discrimination based on standards that are clearly articulated and soundly reasoned. That the word also refers to the manner by which Christians attempt to determine how God desires them to live their lives can only render projects that aver to discern and to be discerning more daunting for their authors. Such is the burden carried by this book, a collection of previously published scholarly and popular articles, by Ralph Semino Galán, who admits at the outset to a “chronic lack of self-confidence” in his “capacity as a creative-critical writer” (vii).