Nun, Feminist, and Activist: An Interview on the Philosophy and Praxis of Sr. Mary John Mananzan, OSB

Leslie Anne  L. Liwanag,; Carlo Angelino  M. Romero,

Nun, Feminist, and Activist: An Interview on the Philosophy and Praxis of Sr. Mary John Mananzan, OSB

Leslie Anne L. Liwanag | Carlo Angelino M. Romero

Abstract:

Sr. Mananzan is known as one of the leading Filipino philosophers. With the demise of Emerita Quito last 2017, it became certain that Mananzan is now the most important living Filipina philosopher. A number of interviews with Mananzan had already been published. However, these interviews focused only either on her being a feminist and/or her being an activist nun. There is no published interview yet on her being a Filipina philosopher. To fill this gap, the primary author of this paper returned to her own writings and publications on Mananzan in order to be able to design this interview that focuses on the philosophy and praxis of the said thinker. In collaboration with the second author of this paper, who is currently teaching in the institution where Mananzan still works, they were able to craft the structure of this project and conduct a personal interview with Sr. Mananzan on 12 October and 22 November 2017.