The Philippine Church, State, and People on the Problem of Population
This paper will take a look at six things, namely: 1) the global picture of the population problem; 2) the leading theories on population; 3) the place of the Philippines among the worlds' most populated, densest and fastest growing countries; 4) the contours and behavior of Philippine demograp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Santo Tomas
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_2/demeterio_december2007.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper will take a look at six things, namely: 1) the global picture of the population problem; 2) the leading theories on population; 3) the place of the Philippines among the worlds' most populated, densest and fastest growing countries; 4) the contours and behavior of Philippine demographics; 5) the existing power relations amidst the Philippine Church, State, and people concerning the issue of population; and 6) the possibility of a better alternative paradigm of power relations from the encyclical Deus Caritas Est of Pope Benedict XVI. |
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| ISSN: | 1908-7330 |