Scarlet Shaine Ward BS-PSYCHOLOGY 1 Sociology 2

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" RELIGION AND ME "
"#L$G$O% - i& an organi'ed collection o( )elie(&* c+lt+ral &y&te!&* and ,orld
-ie,& that relate h+!anity to an order o( e.i&tence/ 0any religion& ha-e
narrati-e&* &y!)ol&* and &acred hi&torie& that are intended to e.lain the
!eaning o( li(e and1or to e.lain the origin o( li(e or the 2ni-er&e/
"eligio+& )elie(& and ractice& -ary a!ong Latino&* and e&ecially )et,een
Catholic& and e-angelical&/ #-angelical& ray !ore* they attend religio+& &er-ice&
!ore (re3+ently* they are !ore a-id reader& o( the Bi)le and they e-angeli'e 4 or
&hare their (aith ,ith non-)elie-er& 4 !ore than do other Latino&/ 5he&e
di((erence& at ti!e& e.tend to core )elie(&/ 6or e.a!le* Latino Catholic& are -ery
de-oted to the 7irgin 0ary* ,hile Latino e-angelical& are (ar le&& &o/ 0o&t
e-angelical& hold that the Bi)le i& literally tr+e* ,ord (or ,ord8 ,hile !any
Catholic& agree* they are not nearly a& li9ely to )elie-e thi&/ 5he (or! that
Catholici&! ta9e& in the Philiine& i& in !any ,ay& +ni3+e to the region in
,hich it i& racticed/ :cro&& Chri&tian area& o( the Philiine& indigeno+&
religion& or &irit+al ractice& ha-e entered into and in(l+enced the ractice o(
Catholici&!/ $t i& al&o o&&i)le to &ee the re-colonial indigeno+& &irit+ality
in(l+enced )y Catholic notion&/
;e&ite )eing Catholic* )elie( in &irit& i& er-a&i-e <e&ecially in r+ral area&= in
the 6iliino notion& a)o+t the &irit+al ,orld/ 0any 6iliino& in r+ral
co!!+nitie& !a9e +&e o( healer& to c+re illne&&e& and the&e healer& are )o+nd +
,ith the indigeno+&1re-colonial &irit+al )elie(& o( 6iliino&/ 6iliino healer&
&er-e to (ill an i!ortant lace in the co!!+nity/ Healer& are not !edical
ractitioner& in the We&tern &en&e )+t in&tead are !ore li9e &ha!an& that one
,o+ld (ind in a loo&ely organi'ed &ociety/