
Magisterial Lectures
Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water? How the Church Defines Family
In this lecture, Dr. Borja talks about the concept of a domestic church and encourages us to think about family in the context of Christianity.

About
Maria Elisa A Borja, PhD
Maria Elisa A. Borja is Assistant Professor at the Department of Theology. She holds a master’s degree in Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in Moral Theology from the Ateneo. She wrote “The Ties That Unbind: Filipino Female Transmigration and the Left-Behind Family Through the Lens of the FABC’s Domestic Church of the Poor,” from the book, Catholicism in Migration and Diaspora: Cross-Border Filipino Perspectives, by Gemma T. Cruz, ed. The Ateneo University Press is set to release her book, Domestic Church of The Poor: The Evolution of the Meaning of Family in the Documents of the FABC (1970-2016), in 2022.
In this lecture, Dr. Borja talks about the concept of a domestic church and encourages us to think about family in the context of Christianity.
Maria Elisa A. Borja is Assistant Professor at the Department of Theology. She holds a master’s degree in Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in Moral Theology from the Ateneo. She wrote “The Ties That Unbind: Filipino Female Transmigration and the Left-Behind Family Through the Lens of the FABC’s Domestic Church of the Poor,” from the book, Catholicism in Migration and Diaspora: Cross-Border Filipino Perspectives, by Gemma T. Cruz, ed. The Ateneo University Press is set to release her book, Domestic Church of The Poor: The Evolution of the Meaning of Family in the Documents of the FABC (1970-2016), in 2022.
The Magisterial Lecture series is a collection of selected talks from Ateneo classes, delivered by some of the University’s most respected faculty members. They are produced and shared for the benefit of learners everywhere. Magisterial Lectures will be available on Areté’s YouTube channel for free.
Magisterial Lectures is an Areté Production done in partnership with The Department of Communication, Loyola Schools and the Eugenio Lopez Jr. Center for Multimedia Communication.
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