{"id":423861,"date":"2026-08-21T00:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=423861"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:20:33","slug":"migrant-transnationalism-and-religious-transformation-religious-faith-and-practice-among-filipino-migrants-an-anthroplogical-approach-focusing-on-macau","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/migrant-transnationalism-and-religious-transformation-religious-faith-and-practice-among-filipino-migrants-an-anthroplogical-approach-focusing-on-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"MIGRANT TRANSNATIONALISM AND RELIGIOUS TRANSFORMATION: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICE AMONG FILIPINO MIGRANTS (AN ANTHROPLOGICAL APPROACH FOCUSING ON MACAU)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RELIGION AND MIGRATION ARE BOTH PHENOMENA THAT HAVE ENDURED PERENNIALLY IN THE EXPERIENCE OF HUMANITY. HOWEVER, STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE TWO SUBJECTS ARE NOT AS PREVALENT COMPARED TO HOW WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION HAS BECOME ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE COMING FROM RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. THIS WORK CONTRIBUTES TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RELIGION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION BY LOOKING AT HOW RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICE EVOLVE AS A RESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF MIGRATION. INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE MIGRATION NARRATIVES OF FILIPINO CATHOLICS WORKING IN MACAU WERE CONDUCTED. THESE WERE SUPPORTED BY DATA COLLECTED THROUGH THE USE OF SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES THAT LOOK INTO CHANGES IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF RESPONDENTS AS WELL AS THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS FAITH AND BELIEF. THE STUDY HAS FOUND THAT THERE IS CONSTANCY IN THE RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICE OF FILIPINO CATHOLICS EVEN AMIDST EXTERNAL CHANGES TO THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY MOVING TO A PREDOMINANTLY SECULAR SOCIETY. THROUGH RECOURSE TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, THIS IMMUTABILITY OF FAITH IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNIQUE ETHNOGRAPHIC FEATURE OF FILIPINOS\u2019 HIGH REGARD FOR THE CENTRALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF INTERIORITY IN THEIR LIFE.\u00a0 KEYWORDS: MIGRATION, IMMIGRANT RELIGION, FAITH, FILIPINO RELIGIOSITY<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-423861","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-global-studies","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19765-davis-vincent","tnc_tax_19765-found-andrew","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-art-and-humanities-2","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-doctoral"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 3 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:32 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:20 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/global-studies\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">GLOBAL STUDIES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">GLOBAL STUDIES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/supervisor\/davis-vincent\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DAVIS, VINCENT<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/supervisor\/found-andrew\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FOUND, ANDREW<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DAVIS, VINCENT<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FOUND, ANDREW<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-art-and-humanities-2\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF ART AND HUMANITIES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF ART AND HUMANITIES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/doctoral\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DOCTORAL<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DOCTORAL<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433598,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423861\/revisions\/433598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}