Vivencio Ballano
Biographic Data
| ID | 1161854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivencio Ballano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivencio |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballano |
| SIGNATURE | BALLANO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polytechnic University of the Philippines |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2013-6429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Commodification of Healthcare in the United States and the Spirituality of Social Transformation for Catholic Healthcare Professionals
This article explores how the Catholic Church's teaching on the spirituality of social transformation can be used by Catholic health professionals against the growing commodification of health care in the United States. Using the qualitative research method that uses secondary literature, it argues that living out the spirituality of social transformation against commodification in the healthcare industry implies imitating Christ's healing minist…
Gender Ideology’s Alleged Danger to the Family in Society
Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”
Gender Ideology and the Contemporary Catholic Church
This book reviews the contemporary Catholic Church’s stance on gender diversity and gender ideology and explores ways to adapt social science perspectives
Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church
“Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Gender-Enhancing Treatment and Sex Change
Introduction
“Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity
“Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare
Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality and Modern Sociology
This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis’s church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality. It explores the behavioral and research aspects of this latest synod, applying sociological perspectives and methods and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, and church documents. The author argues that sociology is crucial for translating the major theological concepts into behavioral and research …
Why is inculturation in Catholic theology difficult to operationalize
This article attempts to explain sociologically why the Catholic Church’s popular theological concept of inculturation is difficult to operationalize or provide empirical indicators in order to make it more observable and measurable for social scientists, missionaries, and inculturation practitioners. Using some secondary data and peer-reviewed literature, it explores how the following major hurdles inhibit the clear conceptualization and operati…
Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society
Law, morality, and catholic social teaching on family living wage
This article illustrates that what is legal may not necessarily be moral for the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in the Philippines. Using sociological and theological perspectives and secondary data to compare the minimum wage and the family living wage of non-agricultural workers in Metro Manila as an illustration, it clarifies the basic difference between the government’s legal wage and the Roman Catholic Church’s (RCC) moral wage It compares the …
Covid-19 vaccines, public health goods and Catholic social teaching
Applying the Roman Catholic Church’s set of moral principles on social concerns called Catholic social teaching (CST) on charity, distributive justice, private property and the common good, and utilising some secondary data and scientific literature, this article argues that establishing distributive justice for the global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines must be a priority than donating millions of doses in the name of charity to address va…
The Catholic laity, clerical sexual abuse, and married priesthood
This article argues that the renewed teaching on lay empowerment of the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) only involved an enlargement of lay apostolic task in the Church, but not participation in ecclesial governance, which can enable lay Catholics to formally sanction clerical sexual abuse. Applying sociological theoretical insights on power, empowerment, and social bonding, and citing some church documents and seconda…
The Social Sciences, Pastoral Theology, and Pastoral Work
Applying sociological imagination and theological perspectives and using some secondary literature that focus on the American pastoral experience, this article explains why sociology and the social sciences are underutilized in the pastoral ministry of Catholic priests despite the Catholic Church’s openness to human sciences’ contributions to evangelization after the Second Vatican Council. In particular, it examines how the (i) uneasy alliance b…
Inculturation, Anthropology, and the Empirical Dimension of Evangelization
Using anthropological and theological perspectives and secondary literature, this paper argues that the scientific study of culture by professional anthropologists and social scientists is an essential component in the Catholic Church's mission of evangelization through inculturation. Inculturation, the process of inserting the Christian message in society, requires scientific discernment to know which cultural traits are compatible with or contr…
Catholic Social Teaching, Theology, and Sociology
Drawing on some secondary literature and using sociological perspectives, in this paper, I trace the fundamental conflict and differences between sociology and theology as academic disciplines and draw some implications on why the contributions of sociological inquiries and their empirical assessments of society and human behavior are seldom used in literature and learning materials on Catholic social teaching (CST)-a body of moral principles bas…
Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam
Inculturation, Anthropology, and the Empirical Dimension of Evangelization
Using anthropological and theological perspectives and secondary literature, this paper argues that the scientific study of culture by professional anthropologists and social scientists is an essential component in the Catholic Church's mission of evangelization through inculturation. Inculturation, the process of inserting the Christian message in society, requires scientific discernment to know which cultural traits are compatible with or contr…
Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam
Catholic Social Teaching, Theology, and Sociology
Drawing on some secondary literature and using sociological perspectives, in this paper, I trace the fundamental conflict and differences between sociology and theology as academic disciplines and draw some implications on why the contributions of sociological inquiries and their empirical assessments of society and human behavior are seldom used in literature and learning materials on Catholic social teaching (CST)-a body of moral principles bas…
The Catholic laity, clerical sexual abuse, and married priesthood
This article argues that the renewed teaching on lay empowerment of the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) only involved an enlargement of lay apostolic task in the Church, but not participation in ecclesial governance, which can enable lay Catholics to formally sanction clerical sexual abuse. Applying sociological theoretical insights on power, empowerment, and social bonding, and citing some church documents and seconda…
The Social Sciences, Pastoral Theology, and Pastoral Work
Applying sociological imagination and theological perspectives and using some secondary literature that focus on the American pastoral experience, this article explains why sociology and the social sciences are underutilized in the pastoral ministry of Catholic priests despite the Catholic Church’s openness to human sciences’ contributions to evangelization after the Second Vatican Council. In particular, it examines how the (i) uneasy alliance b…
Inculturation, Anthropology, and the Empirical Dimension of Evangelization
Using anthropological and theological perspectives and secondary literature, this paper argues that the scientific study of culture by professional anthropologists and social scientists is an essential component in the Catholic Church's mission of evangelization through inculturation. Inculturation, the process of inserting the Christian message in society, requires scientific discernment to know which cultural traits are compatible with or contr…
Law, morality, and catholic social teaching on family living wage
This article illustrates that what is legal may not necessarily be moral for the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in the Philippines. Using sociological and theological perspectives and secondary data to compare the minimum wage and the family living wage of non-agricultural workers in Metro Manila as an illustration, it clarifies the basic difference between the government’s legal wage and the Roman Catholic Church’s (RCC) moral wage It compares the …
Covid-19 vaccines, public health goods and Catholic social teaching
Applying the Roman Catholic Church’s set of moral principles on social concerns called Catholic social teaching (CST) on charity, distributive justice, private property and the common good, and utilising some secondary data and scientific literature, this article argues that establishing distributive justice for the global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines must be a priority than donating millions of doses in the name of charity to address va…
Gender Ideology’s Alleged Danger to the Family in Society
Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity
Separating the Wheat from the Chaff in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”
Gender Ideology and the Contemporary Catholic Church
This book reviews the contemporary Catholic Church’s stance on gender diversity and gender ideology and explores ways to adapt social science perspectives
Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church
“Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Gender-Enhancing Treatment and Sex Change
Introduction
“Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity
“Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare
Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality and Modern Sociology
This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis’s church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality. It explores the behavioral and research aspects of this latest synod, applying sociological perspectives and methods and drawing on secondary literature, media reports, and church documents. The author argues that sociology is crucial for translating the major theological concepts into behavioral and research …
Why is inculturation in Catholic theology difficult to operationalize
This article attempts to explain sociologically why the Catholic Church’s popular theological concept of inculturation is difficult to operationalize or provide empirical indicators in order to make it more observable and measurable for social scientists, missionaries, and inculturation practitioners. Using some secondary data and peer-reviewed literature, it explores how the following major hurdles inhibit the clear conceptualization and operati…
Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society
The Commodification of Healthcare in the United States and the Spirituality of Social Transformation for Catholic Healthcare Professionals
This article explores how the Catholic Church's teaching on the spirituality of social transformation can be used by Catholic health professionals against the growing commodification of health care in the United States. Using the qualitative research method that uses secondary literature, it argues that living out the spirituality of social transformation against commodification in the healthcare industry implies imitating Christ's healing minist…
Sociology (19 works) · Law (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (8 works) · Ideology (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Social science (5 works)