Schumacher, John N(orbert)

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SCHUMACHER, John N(orbert)

SCHUMACHER, John N(orbert). Filipino (born United States), b. 1927. Genres: History, Social commentary, Theology/Religion, Bibliography. Career: Entered Societas Jesu (Society of Jesus; Jesuits), ordained Roman Catholic priest; San Jose Seminary, Quezon City, Philippines, instructor in Latin and English, 1951-54, dean of men, 1951-54, 1965-66; Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, professor of history, 1965-77; Loyola School of Theology, professor of history beginning in 1965, now emeritus. Lecturer at San Carlos Seminary, Manila, 1973-83, and Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao, 1977, 1979. Publications: Father Jose Burgos, Priest and Nationalist, 1972; The Propaganda Movement, 1880-1895: The Creators of a Filipino Consciousness, the Makers of Revolution, 1973, rev. ed., 1997; (ed.) Gabriel A. Bernardo and Natividad P. Verzosa, Philippine National Retrospective Bibliography, 1523-1699, 1974; (with H. de la Costa) Church and State: The Philippine Experience, 1976; Readings in Philippine Church History, 1979, rev. ed., 1987; (with H. de la Costa) The Filipino Clergy: Historical Studies and Future Perspectives, 1979, rev. ed., 1980; The Revolutionary Clergy: The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850-1903, 1981; The Making of a Nation: Essays in Nineteenth- Century Filipino Nationalism, 1991; Father Jose Burgos: A Documentary History, 1999. Address: Department of History, Loyola School of Theology, PO Box 257, U.P. Post Office, Quezon City, Philippines. Online address: jns@admu.edu.ph

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