著者

宮脇 聡史

出版者

東京大学東洋文化研究所

雑誌

東洋文化研究所紀要 (ISSN:05638089)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.157, pp.122-154, 2010-03-26

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In spite of the recent interest in Southeast Asian religion in public sphere, there is relatively few endeavors for research on the national identity of majority religions. This short paper deals with this issue, taking an example of how the Catholic Church authority in the Philippines has established its narrative on some aspects of Philippine past history.// First the author gives a brief explanation about the Philippine history in relation to Catholic Church’s missions, and makes it clear that, in spite of its intentions, the Church history can never be interpreted without being connected to the colonial hegemonic past, in the context of Catholicism becoming majority.// Then an example of the public document of the Church evaluating the Philippine past society as a Spanish colony is examined in the context of the Catholic Church’s struggle for ecclesial renewal in 1960-80s. The Church’s stor ytelling is about Spanish colonial past as the Golden Age and the modernization as the Fall, and the Church is authorized as re-evangelizing agent in the Christianized yet fallen Philippine society.// Then he explains further about how the democratization of the Philippines and the Church’s active role in that process made the issues of national identity of the Church more complicated in relation to being the leader of the majority religion. Here two exemplar texts about the Philippine Revolution is taken up in the context of the emergence of ambivalent meaning of “revolution” for the Church in the post-authoritarian political arena of the Philippines.// And finally he gives some suggestions in relation to the future comparative studies on the national identity of the majority religions in Southeast Asian countries.