Faculty members
Rhochie Avelino E. Matienzo
Professor
AB (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
rematienzo@ust.edu.ph
research
INTERESTS
Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion
professional affiliations
Assistant Professor V, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas
Member of the following philosophical associations:
Bukluran ng mga Pilosopong Taga-IlogPhilosophical Association of Northern Luzon (PANL)Philippine National Philosophical Research SocietyPhilosophical Association of the PhilippinesPhilosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao
recognitions received
AWARDS
International Publication Award, UST Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities, November 3, 2020
educational background
Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Philosophy (magna cum laude)
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (2015)
Master of Arts, Major in Philosophy
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (2005)
Licentiate in Philosophy
Ecclesiastical Faculties, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (1999)
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Classical Philosophy (cum laude)
Ecclesiastical Faculties, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (1999)
Bachelor of Philosophy (Bene Probatus)
Ecclesiastical Faculties, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (1999)Completed Courses
- Certificate Course in Investment Management The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (2016)
publications
Book Chapters
- “The Religious Experience of Hermano Puli’s Cofradia and the Seeding of the Late 19th Century Philippine Spanish Revolution: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution” in Knowledge, Reality Transcendence: A Dialogue Between East and West – Book Proceedings 2nd International Conference Religion Knowledge and Society -RKS, edited by Ioan Dura, Sibiu, Romania: Astra Museum, 2018. pp. 131-146. ISBN 978-606-733-242-1 2018
- “The Quiapo Leap: A Kierkegaardian Reading of the Religious Experience of the Black Nazarene Popular Devotion”, Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in a Pluralistic World: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives – Book Proceedings 1st International Conference Religion, Knowledge and Society-RKS, edited by Ioan Dura and Teodosie Petrescu, Sibiu, Romania: Astra Museum, 2018, pp. 247-260. ISBN 978-606-733-241-4. 2018
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- “Back to Indigeneity: The Philosophy of Loób and Kapwa as Education’s Past and Future” Educational Philosophy and Theory (October 2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2022.2130754
- “Ang Mukha ng Kapwa: Pagmumuni sa Ilang Pilipinong Karanasan ayon sa Etika ni Levinas / The Face of the Other: Reflecting on Selected Filipino Experiences According to Levinasian Ethics”, Lukad: An Online Journal of Pedagogy vol. 2, no. 1 (June 2022). pp. 111-130. https://lukad.org/current-issues/
- “Ang Krisis-eksistensial sa Hari ng Kalsada: Isang Pamimenolohiya sa Identidad at Kultura ng Jeepney," The URSP Research Journal, vol 7. No. 1 (2021). pp. 10-16. http://www.urs.edu.ph/publications/the-ursp-research-journal/archives/
- “Ang Epistemolohiya ng Kahayupan: Isang Etikong Pagninilay”, The URSP Research Journal, vol. 6, no. 1 (June 2020) pp. 46-52. http://www.urs.edu.ph/publications/the-ursp-research-journal/archives/
- “On the Pedagogy of Irony and the Irony of Pedagogy: Kierkegaard on the Paradoxicality of Christian Education” FILOCRACIA: An Online Journal of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies vol. 4 no. 2. (2017). pp1-14. filocracia.org
- “Ang Pagkilos ng Pananampalataya at Utang na Loob: Si Hornedo sa Etnograpiya ng Popular na Paniniwala” KRITIKE vol. 11, no. 2 (2017) pp. 54-69. https://doi.org/10.25138/11.2.a3
- “The Quiapo Leap: A Kierkegaardian Reading of the Religious Experience of the Black Nazarene Popular Devotion”, KRITIKE vol. 10., no. 2, (December 2016), pp. 29-43. https://doi.org/10.25138/10.2.cp
- “The Religious Experience of Hermano Puli’s Cofradia and the Seeding of the 1896 Philippine Revolution: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution,” Suri, vol. 5, no. 2, (April 2016), pp. 106 – 119. https://suri.pap73.org/issue7/Matienzo_SURI_2016.pdf
- “Revisiting the Philosophy of Bahala Na Folk Spirituality”, FILOCRACIA: An Online Journal of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, (August 2015), pp. 86-105. filocracia.org
- “Kierkegaard in Quiapo!: An Existential Look at the Quiapo Black Nazarene Popular Religious Experience”, Scientia, vol. 3. no. 1, (June 2014), pp. 43-71. https://scientia-sanbeda.org/index.php/scientia/issue/view/vol-3-1
paper presentations
(recent five)
- “Ang Etika ng Kahayupan Bilang Isang Epistemelohikang Pagninilay" 2021 UST Research Week Stream Yard, Youtube and FB Live Streaming March 25, 2021
- “Ang Etika ng Kahayupan Bilang Isang Epistemelohikang Pagninilay”, UST Department of Philosophy’s 7th Work-In-Progress Seminar UST Department of Philosophy Zoom Meetings December 3, 2020
- The Religious Experience of Hermano Puli’s Cofradia and the Seeding of the 1896 Philippine Revolution: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Reynaldo Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution” Lukad Series: Hermano Pule Webinar PNU-South Luzon Zoom Meetings and Facebook Live November 5, 2020
- “Ang Epistemolohiya ng Kahayupan: Isang Etikong Pagninilay” The URSP Research Journal Launching Google Meet Video Conference October 2, 2020
- “Appreciating Crises”, Islamic Philosophy on Human Rights during the Pandemic Embassy of Iran, Zoom Meetings July 23, 2020