The Religious thought of Jose Rizal : its context and theological significance /

Hessel, Eugene A.

The Religious thought of Jose Rizal : its context and theological significance / Eugene A. Hessel - Manila, Philippines : Philippine Education Company, c1961 - 289 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Introduction -- II. The Religious thought of Rizal in Noli me Tangere -- III. The Religious thought of Rizal in El Filibusterismo -- IV. The Religious thought of Rizal in six of his minor writings written between 1888-1891 -- V. Two unfinished manuscripts -- VI. Rizal's letters to Father Pastells -- VII. Rizal's use of biblical material and his attitude towards the bible -- VIII. An overall summary of Rizal's religious thought -- IX. Rizal's thought in comparison with Roman Catholicism and Protestantism -- X. Rizal and the nineteenth century -- Summary and conclusion

This book is a thorough and objective presentation of Dr. Rizal's religious thought. Although the author is Protestant minister, at present teaching in the Union Theological Seminary, he makes a sincere effort to depict the religious views of Dr. Rizal without any intention to convince the reader that our national hero was a Roman Catholic or a Protestant.


RIZAL, JOSE -- RELIGIOUS AND ETHICS

DS 675.8.R5 .H47 1961