The Cambridge companion to the Jesuits

Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) obtained papal approval in 1540 for a new international religious order called the Society of Jesus. Until the mid-1700s the 'Jesuits' were active in many parts of Europe and far beyond. Gaining both friends and enemies in response to their work as teachers,...

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Subtitles:Jesuits
Contributors: Worcester, Thomas 1955- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2008
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Reviews:The Cambridge companion to the Jesuits. Edited by Thomas Worcester. Pp. xii+361 incl. 13 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. £45 (cloth), £17.99 (paper). 978 0 521 85731 4; 978 0 521 67396 9 (2009) (Donnelly, John Patrick)
Series/Journal:Cambridge companions to religion
The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture
Cambridge Collections Online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ignatius of Loyola 1491-1556
B Europe / Jesuits / History 1500-1800
B Jesuits / Mission / History
B Jesuits / Science / Art
B Jesuits / History 1773-2008
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Jesuits History
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) obtained papal approval in 1540 for a new international religious order called the Society of Jesus. Until the mid-1700s the 'Jesuits' were active in many parts of Europe and far beyond. Gaining both friends and enemies in response to their work as teachers, scholars, writers, preachers, missionaries and spiritual directors, the Jesuits were formally suppressed by Pope Clement XIV in 1773 and restored by Pope Pius VII in 1814. The Society of Jesus then grew until the 1960s; it has more recently experienced declining membership in Europe and North America, but expansion in other parts of the world. This Companion examines the religious and cultural significance of the Jesuits. The first four sections treat the period prior to the Suppression, while section five examines the Suppression and some of the challenges and opportunities of the restored Society of Jesus up to the present.
Introduction / Thomas Worcester -- Part I. Ignatius of Loyola: -- 1. The religious milieu of the young Ignatius / Lu Ann Homza -- 2. Five personae of Ignatius of Loyola / J. Carlos Coupeau -- 3. The Spiritual Exercises / Philip Endean -- Part II. European Foundations of the Jesuits: -- 4. Jesuit Rome and Italy / Paul V. Murphy -- 5. The Society of Jesus in the Three Kingdoms / Thomas M. McCoog -- 6. Jesuit dependence on the French monarchy / Thomas Worcester -- 7: Women Jesuits? / Gemma Simmonds -- 8. Jesuits in Poland and eastern Europe / Stanislaw Obirek -- Part III. Geographic and Ethnic Frontiers: -- 9. The Jesuit enterprise in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Japan / M. Antoni J. Üçerler -- 10. Jesuits in China / Nicolas Standaert -- 11. The Jesuits in New France / Jacques Monet -- 12. Racial and ethnic minorities in the Society of Jesus / Thomas M. Cohen -- Part IV. Arts and Sciences: -- 13. Jesuit architecture in colonial Latin America / Gauvin Alexander Bailey -- 14. The Jesuits and the quiet side of the scientific revolution / Louis Caruana -- Part V. Jesuits in the Modern World: -- 15. The suppression and restoration / Jonathan Wright -- 16. Jesuit schools in the USA, 1814-c. 1970 / Gerald McKevitt -- 17. Jesuit theological discourse since Vatican II / Mary Ann Hinsdale -- 18. Jesuits today / Thomas Worcester
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 328 - 335) and index
ISBN:0521857317
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CCOL9780521857314