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Prof. Rhochie Avelino E. Matienzo, PhD

Department of Philosophy | Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities

rematienzo@ust.edu.ph

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Doctor of Philosophy (Magna cum Laude), University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
Master of Arts in Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
Licentiate in Philosophy, Cum Laude) (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines

Research Highlights

Asst. Prof. Matienzo’s studies focus on the application of philosophy the philosophy of existentialism to the Filipino culture and society, particularly on folk spirituality. His studies cross the fields of anthropology, history, education, and religion aimed at a more comprehensive and meaningful investigation of religious phenomena in the Philippines.

Research Interests

Existentialism
Philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard
Philosophy of Religion
Philippine Studies
Filipino Philosophy

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Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and the Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
Vice President, Bukluran ng mga Mananaliksik na Taga-Ilog
Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal for Religious and Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP), Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon (PANL) , Philosophical Association of Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA), Philippine National Philosophical Research Society (PNPRS)

Selected Publications

“The Quiapo Leap: A Kierkegaardian Reading of the Religious Experience of the Black Nazarene Popular Devotion”, Kritike, vol. 10., no. 2, (December 2016), pp. 29-43.
“The Religious Experience of Hermano Puli’s Cofradia and the Seeding of the 1896 Philippine Revolution: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution”, Suri, vol. 5, no. 2, (April, 2016), pp. 106 – 119.
“Revisiting the Philosophy of Bahala Na Folk Spirituality”, Filocracia, vol. 2, no. 2, (August, 2015), pp. 86-105.
“Kierkegaard in Quiapo!: An Existential Look at the Quiapo Black Nazarene Popular Religious Experience”, Scientia, vol. 3. no. 1, (June, 2014), pp. 43-71.

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