Mystical yet Political: A Liberative Encounter with God through Popular Piety

• Main Author: Espiritu, Wilson Angelo G
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: popular piety; mysticism and politics; liberation; Edward Schillebeeckx; Religion; Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/32; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=theology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Today, an increasing number of Catholics can be found in the countries of the Global South. This coincides with the pontificate of the first pope who comes from that region of the world where the prevalent expression of the Catholic faith is popular piety. Popular piety may be considered as an indis...