Abstract:
The researcher's thesis entitled, "The Socio-Political Consciousness and Activism
of Iglesia Filipina Independiente Manila" is study that involves a comprehensive analysis
of the level of consciousness and activism of IFI members. The study also tries to
investigate whether the IFI church have a role in politicizing its members and
encouraging them to join political/progressive organization.
From the data gathered, the study proved that IFI members were fully aware of
the socio-political issues in the country. IFI members answered the issues with a clear
majority and position. They strongly agree in the protection of ethnic/minorities, rights of
workers to organize and the continuation of peace talks. They strongly disagree with
privatization, US war against Iraq and MLSA/Balikatan.
Their political activism was also high since 64% of IFI members are joining
rallies/demonstrations. Ninety-four percent of them believe that IFI has a big role in
politicizing its members and 75% of them believe that IFI helped them in joining
organization.
Therefore, the hypothesis that IFI members have a high socio-political
consciousness and activism was proved. The second hypothesis that IFI increases the
probability that an individual will join political d progressive organization was also
proved in the study.
