 Katharine
L. Wiegele
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
2002
Assistant Professor
Professor Wiegele is a sociocultural anthropologist whose current
research interests include new religious movements and religious
change, mass media and religion, global and popular culture, community
in cities, and colonialism. Wiegele's book on El Shaddai, a contemporary
mass religious movement in the Philippines, won a 2007 National
Book Award in the Philippines (given by the Manila Critics Circle
and the National Book Development Board). Here in the U.S., the
book was runner-up for the 2007 Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast
Asian Studies (given by the Association for Asian Studies). She
lived, worked and carried out research in the Philippines for four
years beginning in 1988 as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and has conducted
research among Asian Americans in Illinois. Before coming to NIU,
She taught at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Currently
she teaches Anthropology and Human Diversity.
Selected Publications
2007 "El Shaddai and the Reframing of Poverty in the Philippines,"
in Tupas, T. Ruanni F. (ed.). (Re)making Society: The Politics of
Language, Discourse, and Identity in the Philippines. Quezon City,
Philippines: University of the Philippines Press.
2007 Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of
Popular Catholicism in the Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines:
Ateneo de Manila University Press (previously published by University
of Hawaii Press, 2005).
2006 "Catholics Rich in Spirit: El Shaddai's Modern Engagements,"
in Filomeno V. Aguilar (ed.), The Charismatics, special issues of
Philippine Studies 54, no.4: 495-520. Quezon City, Philippines:
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University.
2005 Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of
Popular Catholicism in the Philippines. Honolulu: University of
Hawaii Press. (Runner-up for the 2007 Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast
Asian Studies given by the Association for Asian Studies).
2005 "Reframing Suffering and Success through the El Shaddai
Movement of the Philippines," Asia Pacific Social Science Review,
Vol. 5, No. 2, December, pp. 76-102. De La Salle University-Manila.
Contact Information:
Dr.
Katharine L. Wiegele
Department of Anthropology
Stevens Building 102
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Voice: 815-753-7032
Fax: 815-753-7027
Email: wiegele@niu.edu
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