Shared Catholicism in Southeast Asia: Overseas Filipino prayer groups and the charismatic spaces in Singapore, an ethnohistorical analysis

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June 17-19, 2020



College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

International Studies

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

DLSU Research Congress 2020

Publication Date

6-2020

Abstract

This paper is about Catholicism in Southeast Asia, highlighting the overseas Filipino Catholic Charismatic prayer groups. The discussion focuses on El Shaddai Prayer Movement, popularly known as El Shaddai; and the Light of Jesus or LOJ’s Sunday groups in Singapore. Although the Sunday Gawain also known as Family Appointment of El Shaddai and LOJ’s Sunday Feast are central to the arguments of this paper, the discussion takes a broader consideration of how Singapore become shared spaces for religious practices. The discussion engages the idea of place and space in the study of religion. Shared spaces in this paper means: (1) how Singaporean Catholics are sharing spaces with El Shaddai and LOJ members; and (2) how the members are re-imagining their Filipino culture and traditions in shared places and spaces. By using oral accounts and documents from El Shaddai and LOJ members, preachers, and council members in Singapore, this paper offers an ethnohistorical analysis of overseas Filipino’s charismatic way of worship focusing on the Sunday Gawain and The Feast. The analysis relies on three connected questions: (1) How El Shaddai and LOJ prayer groups in Singapore act like a sociocultural meeting space? (2) How the group’s Sunday activities intensify joy and confront suffering? (3) How do the members make homes and cross boundaries?

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Disciplines

Religion

Keywords

El Shaddai Prayer Movement (Philippines); Prayer groups—Singapore—Catholic Church; Pentecostalism—Catholic Church; Catholic Church—Southeast Asia

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