Thank you for the information! Ricco. On Sun, 16 Mar, 2025, 1:36 am Frederick Noronha, < [email protected]> wrote:
> The Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics (ISAC) is an > international collaboration hosted by the Asia Research Institute > <https://ari.nus.edu.sg/> (National University of Singapore) to foster > social scientific research on Asian Catholics in contemporary societies. > Multiple pressing issues provide an impetus for the academic community to > study the ways in which Asian societies and global Catholicism intersect. > Catholics living in Asia are often members of minority communities. Either > within the boundaries of their own nation-state or within world > Catholicism, their visibility and roles are frequently overshadowed by more > powerful dynamics that shape their environment. Even if Catholics are > numerous in some parts of Asia, their regional and global influences can > remain difficult to perceive. Yet, they are part of one of the largest and > most institutionalized religions that actively influences world affairs. > Entangled in this paradox, Asian Catholics are embedded in networks that > transcend national, linguistic, and regional boundaries. Often facing > various forms of hostility and discrimination calling for international > attention, they question the ways in which Asian nation-states define > themselves and construct frameworks of coexistence for religious and ethnic > diversity. In addition to manifesting the rich and complex history of > Christianity as well as the current mutation of world Catholicism, Asian > Catholics are actors of contemporary globalization who stand as unique > witnesses to understand the current evolution of Asia and global > Catholicism. > > Nonetheless, available scholarship exploring the current innovations and > challenges encountered by those religious groups are relatively few. > Compared to Catholic communities in Europe, the Americas, and Africa, > research on Asian Catholics remains limited. And even when scholarship on > Asian Catholics has made important contributions to the understanding of > ethnic and national realities, there have not been sustained efforts to > situate these academic works in a regional or global context to understand > transborder dynamics as well as the transformation of world Catholicism. > > ISAC addresses this situation by generating collaborative research > projects <https://www.isac-research.org/pilotprojects>, academic panels > and conferences <https://www.isac-research.org/conferences>, digital > collections <https://www.isac-research.org/dlsumanila>, as well as > perbualans <https://www.isac-research.org/perbualan> - an informal online > seminar to discuss research papers. The Initiative works also at better > promoting scholarly work on Asian Catholics through the production of a > university > press book series > <https://upittpress.org/series/contemporary-asian-catholics/>, podcast > series <https://www.isac-research.org/podcasts>, roundtables > <https://www.isac-research.org/roundtable>discussing current events > impacting Asian Catholics, and The Observatory > <https://www.isac-research.org/theobservatory>, a blog featuring short > research papers. In 2024, ISAC also established a Research Unit at De La > Salle University Manila ISAC@DLSU > <https://www.isac-research.org/dlsumanila> to generate digital > collections. Ultimately, ISAC intends to become a research consortium > through which researchers can seek collaborations and exchange advice with > the objective of enhancing our collective understanding of Asian Catholics > and global Catholicism. Thus, ISAC seeks to be a resource for researchers, > students, policymakers, journalists, and the general public, offering > up-to-date information on scholarly activities and publications relating to > Asian Catholics. > > Read More: > > - Catholicism’s Overlooked Importance in Asia > > <https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/catholicisms-overlooked-importance-in-asia/> > - The Diplomat, 4 Feb. 2022 > - Questioning Biases about Asian Catholicism: Lessons from East Timor > > <https://ari.nus.edu.sg/ariscope/questioning-biases-about-asian-catholicism-lessons-from-east-timor/> > - > > <https://ari.nus.edu.sg/ariscope/questioning-biases-about-asian-catholicism-lessons-from-east-timor/> > ARIScope 7 April 2023 > - Revisiting Catholic History > > <https://www.ucanews.com/news/revisiting-catholic-history-in-singapore-korea-thailand-and-beyond-pt1/101041> > - > UCANews, 21 April 2023 > - Catholic Studies in Asia, A Way of the Cross? > > <https://www.ucanews.com/news/part-i-catholic-studies-in-asia-a-way-of-the-cross/102763> > - > UCANews, 2 Oct. 2023 > > https://www.isac-research.org/aboutus > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 at 01:10, Eric Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What ISAC . Need to see how it goes along there are flip flops everywhere. >> >> On Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 6:49 AM Frederick Noronha < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ISAC Roundtable: Trump Policies & the Implications for Christians in >>> Asia >>> https://youtu.be/0uR1Mx-FTgM >>> -- >>> >>> FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Goanet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goanet-temp/CAMCR53LYumfJA_RaLj%3DoD8j1Jr1GJe8k%3D-1sP0_5tqThCTc6mQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goanet-temp/CAMCR53LYumfJA_RaLj%3DoD8j1Jr1GJe8k%3D-1sP0_5tqThCTc6mQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>
