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040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
050			_aBX 1656
100			_aSchumacher, John N.
245		0	_aGrowth and decline : _bessays on Philippine church history
260			_bQuezon City _cAteneo de Manila University Press
300			_bx, 291 pages;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aFor better or for worse, the history of Philippine Catholicism has always been closely bound up with the history of the Filipino people and the development of the nation. The essays gathered into this volume, however-some of them previously published and here revised, one published for the first time-deal primarily with the inner development of Catholicism in the Philippines. Nonetheless, they inevitably also speak of the development of the Filipino people. For whatever one's religious beliefs may be, and whatever evaluation one may make of the role of Catholicism in the development of Filipino people, it remains a historical and cultural reality that has given shape to the nation and that makes it unique among the other cultures and histories of Southeast Asia. [From the Introduction : www.ateneopress.org]
650			_aCatholic Church -- Philippines -- History
650			_aChristianity -- Philippines -- History
650			_aPhilippines -- Church history
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