Vivencio O. Ballano is Associate Professor V and Program Chairperson of the Master of Arts in Sociology, Graduate School Program, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila. He received advanced degrees in theology and sociology from the Ateneo de Manila University. To date, Dr. Ballano has published seven Scopus-indexed monographs as well as two forthcoming books in 2024, all under the imprints Springer Nature and Routledge. He has also published several Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journal articles in the fields of sociology of law, post-disaster, religion, gender, clerical sexual abuse, homosexuality, LGBTQI+ inclusivity, and Catholic social teaching.

• The Book’s Overview.- Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Separating the “Wheat from the Chaff” in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”: A Sociological-Synodal Unpacking.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity: A Critical Sociological-Synodal Analysis.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Dangers to the Family in Society: A Synodal-Sociological Appraisal.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare, Sociology, and Synodal Theology.- “Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Transgenderism and Sex Change.- Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity: A Synodal Call for the Catholic Church.

Vivencio O. Ballano is Associate Professor V and Program Chairperson of the Master of Arts in Sociology, Graduate School Program, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila. He received advanced degrees in theology and sociology from the Ateneo de Manila University. To date, Dr. Ballano has published seven Scopus-indexed monographs as well as two forthcoming books in 2024, all under the imprints Springer Nature and Routledge. He has also published several Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journal articles in the fields of sociology of law, post-disaster, religion, gender, clerical sexual abuse, homosexuality, LGBTQI+ inclusivity, and Catholic social teaching.

• The Book’s Overview.- Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Separating the “Wheat from the Chaff” in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”: A Sociological-Synodal Unpacking.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity: A Critical Sociological-Synodal Analysis.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Dangers to the Family in Society: A Synodal-Sociological Appraisal.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare, Sociology, and Synodal Theology.- “Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Transgenderism and Sex Change.- Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity: A Synodal Call for the Catholic Church.

Vivencio O. Ballano is Associate Professor V and Program Chairperson of the Master of Arts in Sociology, Graduate School Program, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila. He received advanced degrees in theology and sociology from the Ateneo de Manila University. To date, Dr. Ballano has published seven Scopus-indexed monographs as well as two forthcoming books in 2024, all under the imprints Springer Nature and Routledge. He has also published several Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journal articles in the fields of sociology of law, post-disaster, religion, gender, clerical sexual abuse, homosexuality, LGBTQI+ inclusivity, and Catholic social teaching.

• The Book’s Overview.- Gender and “Gender Ideology” in the Catholic Church: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Separating the “Wheat from the Chaff” in the Catholic Church’s “Gender Ideology”: A Sociological-Synodal Unpacking.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threat to Humanity: A Critical Sociological-Synodal Analysis.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Dangers to the Family in Society: A Synodal-Sociological Appraisal.- “Gender Ideology’s” Alleged Threats to Children’s Welfare, Sociology, and Synodal Theology.- “Gender Ideology” and the Catholic Morality of Transgenderism and Sex Change.- Human Dignity and Gender Issues in Contemporary Society: A Synodal-Sociological Exploration.- Inculturating Gender Diversity and LGBTQI Inclusivity: A Synodal Call for the Catholic Church.