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The Jesuits, a history / by Mitchell, David,1924-(CARDINAL)713044;
Bibliography: pages 307-313.
Subjects: Jesuits;
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The founding of the Jesuits, 1540. by Foss, Michael.(CARDINAL)126761;
Bibliography: pages 295-296.
Subjects: Jesuits;
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A popular history of the Jesuits. by Meadows, Denis.(CARDINAL)215744;
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The Jesuits : a history / by Friedrich, Markus,author.; Dillon, John Noël,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-828) and indexes."Since its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus--more commonly known as the Jesuits--has played a critical role in the events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents an intimate look at one of the most important religious orders not only in the Catholic Church, but also the world. Markus Friedrich describes an organization that has deftly walked a tightrope between sacred and secular involvement and experienced difficulties during changing times, all while shaping cultural developments from pastoral care and spirituality to art, education, and science. Examining the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and world history, Friedrich sheds light on how the order shaped the culture of the Counter-Reformation and participated in the establishment of European empires, including missionary activity throughout Asia and in many parts of Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He also explores the place of Jesuits in the New World and addresses the issue of Jesuit slaveholders. The Jesuits often tangled with the Roman Curia and the pope, resulting in their suppression in 1773, but the order returned in 1814 to rise again to a powerful position of influence. Friedrich demonstrates that the Jesuit fathers were not a monolithic group and he considers the distinctive spiritual legacy inherited by Pope Francis With its global scope and meticulous attention to archival sources and previous scholarship, The Jesuits illustrates the heterogeneous, varied, and contradictory perspectives of this famed religious organization."--Prologue: Ignatius of Loyola founds an order -- The inner life and structure of the Society -- The Society, the churches, and the faithful -- Saeculum and the Kingdom of God: the Jesuits "in the world" -- The global Society -- A world without the Society of Jesus: hostility, suppression, revival -- Epilogue: The modern Society.
Subjects: Jesuits; Jesuits; Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556.; Jesuits;
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The American Jesuits : a history / by Schroth, Raymond A.(CARDINAL)758992;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-305) and index.
Subjects: Jesuits;
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God's soldiers : adventure, politics, intrigue, and power : a history of the Jesuits / by Wright, Jonathan,1969-(CARDINAL)545303;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.Publisher's description: When Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits (or the Society of Jesus) in 1534, his modest goal was to lead a group of nine like-minded students at the University of Paris on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to convert the Muslims. By the time of his death in 1556, approximately one thousand priests were Jesuits. The order continued to grow rapidly, distinguishing itself first in the field of education and quickly becoming a force to reckon with as its interests-and influence-expanded into the economic, political, and cultural spheres. Along with their authority, the Jesuits also acquired powerful enemies. At one time or another, they were expelled from every country in Europe. The Jesuits' reputation for academic excellence, which continues today, began almost as soon as the order was founded. As part of their determined efforts to reclaim Protestant Europe for the Catholic Church, they built schools and colleges in nearly every important city; by the mid-eighteenth century, they had established more than 650 educational institutions. They were also strongly committed to foreign missions, and like the secular explorers and settlers of the Age of Discovery, traveled to the Far East, India, and the Americas to stake a claim. They were especially successful in Latin America, where they managed to put numerous villages entirely under Jesuit rule. Their successes both in Europe and abroad, coupled with rumors of scandal and corruption within the order, soon drew criticism from within the Church and without. Writers like Pascal and Voltaire wrote polemics against them, and the absolute monarchs of Catholic Europe sought to destroy them. Their power was seen as so threatening that hostility escalated into serious political feuds, and at various times, they were either banned from or harshly suppressed throughout Europe. GOD'S SOLDIERS is fascinating chronicle of this celebrated, mysterious, and often despised religious order. Jonathan Wright illuminates as never before their enduring contributions as well as the controversies that surrounded them. The result is an in-depth, unbiased, and utterly compelling history that will appeal to the general and religious reader alike.
Subjects: Jesuits;
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The progress of the Jesuits (1556-79) / by Brodrick, James,1891-1973.(CARDINAL)187053;
Bibliographical foot-notes.Growing pains -- The travail of France -- Portrait of Laynez -- The Peregrinations of Nadal -- Saints ascendant -- A woman who was a sinner -- The testimony of blood -- Prester John's business -- Silhouettes.
Subjects: Jesuits;
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The Jesuit disruptor : a personal portrait of Pope Francis / by Higgins, Michael W.,1948-Author(DLC)no2013001945;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index.A fresh look at a complex pope with a simple agenda: radically reforming the Catholic Church. Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the consummate disruptor, disrupting archaic modes of church governance, disrupting our collective spiritual complacency in the face of new challenges to our human flourishing while at the same time remaining deeply faithful to the organic traditions of the church. He is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, but beyond that he is a universal leader with commanding moral presence, able to connect with laypeople and with non-Christian faiths. Pope Francis is also a credible moral voice on issues of immigration, economic inequity, the devastating consequences of political populism, and the accelerating threats to the environment, in spite of the fact that he faces deep infrastructure and governance scandals in his organization. In his determination to reform the Vatican and ensure the Catholic faith evolves in a way that is relevant to the 21st century, Francis is very much carrying on the tradition of the Jesuits, an order known for their work in education, humanitarian missions, and social justice. A deep understanding of the Jesuit order informs Michael W. Higgins's approach in this novel reading of a papacy unlike any other.
Subjects: Biographies; Francis, Pope, 1936-2025; Popes; Catholic Church;
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American Jesuit spirituality : the Maryland tradition, 1634-1900 / by Curran, Robert Emmett.(CARDINAL)717121;
Bibliography: pages 330-331.1390L
Subjects: Jesuits; Spiritual life;
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Witches and Jesuits : Shakespeare's Macbeth / by Wills, Garry,1934-(CARDINAL)137584;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-202) and indexes.
Subjects: Tragedies (Drama); Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Jesuits; Gunpowder Plot, 1605; Literature and history; Witchcraft in literature.;
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