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040			_aAEA _cAEA _erda
050			_aBL 2130 _b.B412 2006
100			_aBelita, Jimmy A. _944442
245		0	_aGod was not in the wind : _ban evolutionary understanding of popular religion in the Philippines. _cJimmy A. Belita.
264			_aManila : _bAdamson University Press, _c[2006];copyright 2006
300			_axii, 223 pages _c23 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aGod Was Not In The Wind is a modest contribution to a scanty pool of biology-based theological reflections on popular religion in the Philippines. Traditionally, theology was using philosophy as its framework in seeking understanding for the given faith and recently theology has turned to the social sciences for the same purpose. In this work the biological theory of evolution is the model. The dynamics of popular religion expressed in religious and moral practices in interpreted according to evolutionary principles. Its complex of religious beliefs and ethics has arisen from the "evolutionary push" for adaptation to its environment but it is also the outcome of a "mysterious pull" coming from what believers call God. Observing the patterns of creative evolution, the believer discovers that the divine role is not an invasive wind of coercion but the gentle breeze of persuasion, allowing us and nature to become.
650			_aChristianity and culture _zPhilippines. _2sears _993044
650			_aChristianity _zPhilippines. _2sears _986657
942			_cIRC
999			_c66101 _d66101