Theo 274
SPECIAL TOPICS
IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
THE JESUITS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Antonio de Castro, SJ
Th 4:30 – 7:30 pm
AdMU Belarmine Hall: Rm 207

This course examines the history of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, with a particular focus on the return of the Jesuits in 1859 until the early years of the establishment of the Philippine province in the 1960’s. Topics for the course include: the Jesuits and the Mindanao missions, the Jesuits and Education, the Jesuits and the Arts, the Jesuit and the Scientific Work, the Jesuit and Filipino Nationalism and the Revolution, the transition from the Spanish Jesuits to American Jesuits; the Jesuits and post revolution politics, the Jesuits and the Philippine Church, Jesuits and Spirituality, and the Filipino Jesuits.