Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

▼ JOURNAL ARTICLES

Journal Articles

[Forthcoming]. 2025. “Sacred Space in Non-Places: An Analysis of Filipino Catholicism in the Age of Supermodernity.” International Journal of Asian Christianity.

2025. “Colonial Iconography: An Analysis of Baroque Catholicism in the Ibero-Latin American-Southeast Asian Religious and Historical Connections.” CHARTS Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1 (1): 77-98.

2023. “Maranao-Muslim Food Culture in Quiapo: Reimagining the Role of Food and Commensality in Interreligious Understanding in Manila.” Kritika Kultura 41: 112-130. 

2023. “Quiapo and Antipolo, Connected Places for Performing Panata: An Analysis on the Idea of Commutatio and Transitio in the Study of Alay Lakad in the Philippines.” The PASCHR Journal 5 (1): 17-25. 

2022. Symbolism and Expression of Performing Panata in the Philippines: An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno of Quiapo. Religions 13 (4): 272.