Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 130 Living Piously in a Culture of Death: The Catholic Church and the State in the Philippines Julius Bautista Asia Research Institute & Department of SoutheastAsian Studies National University of Singapore seabj@nus.edu.sg Religion and State in Southeast Asia Series with a Preface by Michael A. Aung-Thwin December 2009 This Paper is part of the RELIGION AND STATE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SERIES with a Preface by Michael A. Aung-Thwin WPS 127: Of Monarchs, Monks, and Men: Religion and the State in Myanmar by Michael A Aung-Thwin WPS 128: Religion and Ritual in the Royal Courts of Dai Viet by John K. Whitmore WPS 129: Paradoxes of State Islamization in Malaysia: Routinization of Religious Charisma and the Secularization of the Syariah by Maznah Mohamad WPS 130: Living Piously in a Culture of Death: The Catholic Church and the State in the Philippines by Julius Bautista