oa Kapwa in Pamilya rooted in Loob of Divine Image: Thoughts from a Filipino Catholic Theologian

In this article, Levy Lara Lanaria oulines a religious sociology of the Philippines. The author begins by stressing the holistic dimension and the centrality of inter-personal relationships within the Filipino society. He then analyzes some key-concepts underlying the image that Filipino society has of itself, including kapwa and loob. He finally revisits and reinterprets them in the light of the Catholic conception of man as the image of God and of Trinitarian theology.