Points of departure : essays on Christianity, power and social change - Bolasco, Mario V.; de la Torre, Edicio, 1943- (Manila : St. Scholastica's College, 1994)
Interrupted conversions--Philippine Church history--The problem of Philippine Church history: an introduction--Philippine Church history: new possibilities--The American expansion and Christianity in Asia--Nationalism of the Church--The Church and the social question--The Church in the February 1986 EDSA Revolution: discordant notes--The Church and the present political order--Church and the power under Aquino--The tortuous path from responsibility to revolution: the experience of the Protestant Churches in the Philippines--Culture, religion, and social change--Culture conflicts and domination-- Notes on Revolts and popular religiosity in the Philippines--Marxists and Churchmen--Harmony and contradiction: the Marxists-Christian dialogue since the Christians for National liberation--On class struggle--The context of religion as opium in Marxism--Fidel and religion--Catholic spirituality: paradigms in tension--Notes on the politics of a morality--Notes on the models of Church in PCP II--Notes on theologies of liberation as politics--The Gomburza tradition--Power--The Vigilante phenomenon: historical and social roots--Populist imperative of progressive economy-- A case for interdisciplinarity--The subversion of women's subjugated consciousness--Leftist formations in Asia: dilemmas and prospects
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- Philippines; Church and State -- Philippines; Power (Social Sciences); Philippines -- Church history