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Author O'Malley, John W.

Title Saints or Devils Incarnate? : Studies in Jesuit History
Published Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Jesuit studies : modernity through the prism of Jesuit history, 2214-3289 ; volume 1
Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 1.
Contents Saints or Devils Incarnate? -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1. The Historiography of the Society of Jesus: Where Does It Stand Today? -- 2. The Pastoral, Social, Ecclesiastical, Civic, and Cultural Mission of the Society of Jesus -- 3. The Society of Jesus -- 4. Was Ignatius of Loyola a Church Reformer? How to Look at Early Modern Catholicism -- 5. The Ministry to Outsiders: The Jesuits -- 6. Ignatius of Loyola (c.1491-1556) -- 7. Ignatius's Special "Way of Proceeding" -- 8. Early Jesuit Spirituality: Spain and Italy
Summary This volume contains fifteen studies by John O'Malley that press forward the trajectory he launched with The First Jesuits (1993). The chapters deal, for instance, with the historigraphy of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits' cultural commitments, the character of Ignatius of Loyola and of Jesuit education
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jesuits -- History.
SUBJECT Jesuits fast
Subject RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
Jezuïeten.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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