Assoc. Prof. Arvin Eballo, PhD and Asst. Prof. Joel Sagut of the UST Institute of Religion participated at the XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) held at Erfurt University in Erfurt, Germany last August 23-29, 2015.
Eballo headed the Filipino panel on the program session “Religions on the Ground: Practices and Discourses toward Social Adaptation and Transformation in the Philippine Context.” Embedded within complex cultures, characterized by social change and intercultural exchange, Filipinos constantly adapt to their changing environments, discourses, and institutions in dealing with their faith-expressions known as religious practices. These religious practices are indeed subject to social and cultural influences. They can also shape political and economic environments. They are invented and re-invented, imperceptibly transformed, reformed or emphatically defended by religious communities.
Sagut presented his paper entitled “Fidelity to a Religious Tradition and the Question of Moral Agency,” where he discussed the issue of moral agency vis-a-vis one’s fidelity to a religious tradition. The paper examines the legislation of the Philippine Reproductive Health Law as basket-case for this tension. It then argues that any believer remains reasonably free even if he exercises fidelity to a tradition. In fact, it is this fidelity to one’s tradition that makes our decisions truly rational.
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