Dr. Levy Lara Lanaria

Research and Publications

• Roles of the Religious Education Teachers in the University of San Carlos: Bases for a Proposed Faculty Development Program.” USC Graduate Journal XI, no. 2 (February 1995): 95-100. [National journal published by USC, Cebu City]
• “Talking about God Meaningfully in a Contemporary Filipino Society.” USC Graduate Journal XIII (August 1996): 13-20.
• “Historical Analysis in the Service of Christian Faith.” USC Graduate Journal XVII (October 2000): 22-31.
• “The Eucharist through the Lens of Salu-salo (Meal Sharing): Implications for the Issue of Communion Received by Couples Living in Irregular Unions.” Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 33 (2005): 100-126. [International refereed journal published by USC, Cebu City]
• “Wanted: Church as Panimalay” (Household). USC Graduate Journal XXII (March 2006): 9-33.
• “The Family According to the Asian Bishops: A View from Below.” USC Graduate Journal XXIV (October 2007): 1-28.
• “Lawas (Body): An Anthropo-Theological Discourse on the Body in a Cebuano Visayan Language Context.” Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 37 (March 2009): 55-82.
• “Towards a ‘Lay Hermeneutic’ in Ecclesiology.” East Asian Pastoral Review 47, no. 3 (2010): 263-280. [International journal of the Jesuit-run East Asian Pastoral Institute, Ateneo de Manila University Campus, Quezon City, Philippines]
• “The Family according to the Asian Bishops: A Socio-Theological Critique from Below.” East Asian Pastoral Review 48, no. 3 (2011): 211-246.
• “The Filipino Family-Lights and Shadow: Challenges to the Domestic Church.” Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology 7, No. 2 (June 2013): 237-260. [International refereed journal of Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK), Pontifical Atheneaum of Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law based in Bangalore, India]
• “Kapwa (Fellow) in the Family Rooted in Loob (Interiority) of the Divine Image: Thoughts from a Filipino Lay Theologian.” Religions Issue 6 (2014): 35-43. [International refereed journal published by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue.]
• “From Ecclesia Discens to Ecclesia Docens: The Reproductive Health Bill-Turned-Law Case.” Hapag 11, No. 1 (2014): 55-88. [International refereed Journal of Theology and Adamson Interdisciplinary Theological Research St. Vincent School of Theology and Adamson University, Manila Philippines]
• “Contextualizing Jesus Christ in the Visayas Region of the Philippines: Breaking Ground.” East Asian Pastoral Review 52, No. 2 (2015): 115-135. “Jesus as Mangingsida in the Shallow Waters of Globalization.” Hapag 12, no. 1 (2015): 75-104.
• “The Family, Still in Amoris Laetitia?: Back to Jesus’ New Family.” Hapag 13, No. 1-2 (2016): 9-33. Ruben C. Mendoza and Levy L. Lanaria, eds. “Seeds Sown and First-Fruits: Contributions of Wisdom Figures of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines.” Hapag 15, No. 1-2 (2018). “The Cultural Groundwork for a Bahay Kubo Model of Eco-Theology.” QUEST: Studies on Religion and Culture in Asia 5 (July 2021): 1-16. Published online 19 July 2021.
• “From Justice to Beyond Justice: Retrieving Christianity’s Original Inspiration of Radical Inclusivity.” Asian Horizons 15. No. 3 (2021): 595-692. “Communicative Rationality and Grounded Loob-Spirituality, and the Christian Leadership in the unionized Christian University.” Hapag 20, nos. 1-2 (2023).
• “Sambahayan ng Diyos and the Four Creedal Attributes.” MST Review 26, no. 1 (2024): 29-59. “Ambiguities in Lumen Gentium: Challenges to Synodality.” Hapag 21, no. 1 (2024): 89-112.
• “Populism, Dutertismo, and the Redemptive Violent Model of the Penal Substitution-Satisfaction Soteriology.” Hapag 21, no. 2 (2024): 72-102.
• Uwi na Tayo: Towards a Lay-Centered Filipino Church as Pamilya ng Diyos. Cebu City: USC Press, 2011.
• Multi-authored: A Conversation about Life: Points of View on Reproductive Health. Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian Publications, 2014.
  • Chapters Contributed:
    • Chapter 2. “The CBCP Statement on the Reproductive Health Bill: A Critical Reading from Below,” -pp. 39-70.
    • Chapter 6. “Current Trends on Sexual Ethics: Revisionist Thoughts,” pp. 185-218.
• Multi-authored: Ang Maganda sa Teolohiya. Quezon City: Claretian Publications, 2017.
  • Editor’s Paunang Salita
  • Kabanata 3: “O Kay Ganda Sana!,” 41-60.

Lectures Delivered and Seminars Attended

• “A Proposed Theology of Katawan (Lawas).” Third National Colloquium of the Samahansa Mabathalang Pag-aaral (Theological Association). Domus International Center, University of the Assumption, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines on 5 October 2003.
• “Lawas/Katawan (Body): An Anthropo-Theological Discourse on the Body Using Bevan’s Anthropological Model.” Paper Presented during the University Research Forum held at Fr. Theodore Buttenbruch Hall on 30 January 2008.
• “Church as Sambahayan ng Diyos (Household of God): Towards a Discernment of Ecclesial Elements Constitutive of the Filipino (Christian) Family.” Talk Delivered at the Don Bosco Provincialate, Maryville Subdivision, Talamban, Cebu City on 5 February 2008.
• “Oh Kay Ganda, Sana: Ugnayang Diyos at Tao” (How Beautiful, Wish It Could Be: God-Human Being Relationship). Paper Presented in “Oh Kay Ganda!: Isang Teolohiya ng Ganda” (How Beautiful!: A Theology of Beauty) Theological Forum in Battig Hall, St. Scholastica’s College, Manila on 1 August 2008.
• “A Theological Reflection on the Creedal Attributes of the Church: From Visayan Panimalay in/of Asia.” Paper Presented during the University Research Forum held at Fr. Theodore Buttenbruch Hall, USC on 27 August 2009.
• “The Family according to the Asian Bishops: A Socio-Theological View from Below.” Paper Presented during the University Research Forum held at Fr. Theodore Buttenbruch Hall, USC on 20 February 2010.
• “Panimalay (Household) under the Rubric of Schillebeeckx’s Structural Constants.” Paper Presented during the University Research Forum held at Fr. Theodore Buttenbruch Hall, USC on 24 August 2011.
• “PamilyasipSimbahan” (Family as Church). A Values Formation Seminar held at the San Vicente Ferrer Parish Church, Sambag II, Cebu City on 20 October 2011.
• “Building Christian Communities Through Families,” 16th National Convention of the Philippine Federation of Married Catholic Priests, Inc., Dumaguete City, Philippines on 7-9 April 2012.
• “From Ecclesia Discens to Ecclesia Docens: The Reproductive Health Bill-Turned-Law Case.” Eleventh Annual Conference of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines held in Butuan City, Philippines on 18-20 October 2013.
• “Jesus as Mangingisda (Fisherman) in the Shallow Waters of Globalization.” Twelfth Annual Conference of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines held in Donsol, Sorsogon Province, Philippines on 24-26 October 2014.
• -“The Family, Still in Lineamenta?” Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines held in Tagaytay City, Philippines on 26-28 June 2015.
• “‘House Churches’ as Potential Locus for Ecumenical Practice.” Philippine Conference on 500 Years of Reformation held in Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines on October 21-23, 2015.
• “Jesus as Mangingisda (Fisherman) in the Shallow Waters of Globalization.” University Research Conference held at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City on 11-12 March 2016.
• “Widening the Ecclesiological Space beyond Nuclear Families in the Asian Continent.” Concilium Manila 2017 International Conference held at the Adamson University, Manila on June 29-July 1, 2017.
• “A Theology of Peace and Human Dignity Grounded on the Filipino Concepts of Kapwa and Loob.” Asia-Pacific Peace Research International Conference held at the University of Sciences, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia on August 23-25, 2017.
• “A Filipino Theology of Peace Grounded on Deep Respect for Pagkatao.” Mindanao Peace Conference III held at the Urios University, Butuan City on November 21-23, 2017.
• “From Justice to Beyond Justice: Biblico-Theological Basis of the Just War Theory Interrogation.” 2018 International Conference on Mission Studies held at the Silliman University, Dumaguete City on May 30 to June 1, 2018.
• “Bahay-Kubo as Iconic Model for an Inculturated Eco-Theology.” UGAT 40th Annual Conference held at Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa, Palawan on November 8-10, 2018.
• “Wink’s ‘Third Way’”: A Christian Response to Iglesia ni Rodrigo’s Myth of Redemptive Violence.” Mindanao Peace Studies Conference IV held at Urios University, Butuan City on November 20-21, 2018.
• “Beyond the Just War Theory: Retrieving Christianity’s Original Inspiration of Radical Inclusivity.” Forum on Active Non-Violence held at Miriam College, Quezon City on November 23, 2018.
• “The Al Qalam Institute and the Mindanawon Initiatives: Empowering the Culture of Peace in the Philippines.” APPRA Conference 2019 held at Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia on May 2-4, 2019.
• “Communicative Rationality Grounded in Loob: Towards a Companionship of Empowerment in the Unionized Catholic University.” DaKaTeo Annual Conference held online on November 11-12, 2021.
• “Populism, Duterte, and the Redemptive Model of the Penal Substitution-Satisfaction Model of Soteriology.” DaKaTeo Annual Conference held online on November 10-12, 2022.
• “Ambiguities in Lumen Gentium: Challenges to Synodality.” DaKaTeo Annual Conference held at the St. Vincent School of Theology, Quezon City on November 9-10, 2023.