Social Science Diliman (Dec 2011)
Julius J. Bautista (2010). Figuring Catholicism: An ethnohistory of the Santo Niño de Cebu. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University.
Abstract
Let me begin with a confession—I am a novice to Philippines Studies.However, long before stepping foot in the Philippines (in 2006), I have beenintrigued by the seemingly pervasive presence of Roman Catholicism in party politics, popular culture and the everyday religiosity of Philippine society as gleaned through my sporadic forays into Filipino scholarly literature (and movies) from afar.