Melba Padilla Maggay

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Dr. Melba Padilla Maggay is a Filipino anthropologist, activist, author, and essayist. She is a three time winner of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

Dr. Maggay is also the President and Founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC), a church-based non-government organization engaged in popular education and development in the Philippines. She is the author of numerous books on Filipino religious culture, writing from the perspective of an Evangelical Christian. She also edits PATMOS magazine, a regular publication of ISACC.

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[edit] Early life and Education

Born in 1950, Maggay received her Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication (cum laude), Master's Degree in English Literature, and PhD in Philippine Studies all from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She was also became a research fellow in Cross-cultural Communication with specific application to theological formulations and biblical studies at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of Tyndale House.

[edit] Palanca Award Winner

In 1997, Dr. Maggay received her first Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award, when her "Mother of Stories" received first prize for Essay in English. She later won the first prize in that category in the 1999 and 2002 Palanca Awards, for the essays "Once Upon a Bright Happy Boy" and "Death and Early Sorrow," respectively.

[edit] Publications

Some of Dr. Maggay's books include:

  • Maggay, Melba Padilla; George De Jesus, Bienvenido Lumbera (January 2003). Tatlong Sarsuwela. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 207. ISBN 9715423698. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla; George De Jesus, Bienvenido Lumbera (January 2002). Kagawiang Pangkomunikasyon Ng Filipino. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 238. ISBN 9715504191. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (2001). Raja Sulaiman was no Carabao: Understanding the Muslim Question. Manila: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (2001). Jew to the Jew, Greek to the Greek: Reflections on Culture and Globalization. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (2001). Diyata't Isang Sanggol:Isang Dula at Kantata para sa Pasko. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (1999). Understanding Ambiguity in Filipino Communication Patterns. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (1999). Filipino Religious Consciousness: Some Implications for Missions. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (1996). Transforming Society. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (1993). Pagbabalik-loob: Moral recovery and cultural reaffirmation. Quezon City: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (January 1990). A Faith for the Emptiness of Our Time. Manila: OMF Literature, 121. ISBN 9715111718. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (May 1989). Communicating Cross-Culturally : Towards a New Context for Missions in the Philippines. Manila: Cellar Book Shop, 61. ISBN 9711003503. 
  • Maggay, Melba Padilla (January 1987). The Gospel in Filipino Context. Manila: OMF Literature, 31. ISBN 971511105X. 

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