The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits

This Encyclopedia examines Jesuit roles in globalization, education, cultural encounters, and articulation of modern ways of thinking, from the Renaissance to today.

Thomas Worcester, SJ (Edited by)

9780521769051, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 August 2017

922 pages, 70 b/w illus.
26.2 x 18.7 x 4.2 cm, 2.08 kg

'The Encyclopedia provides those interested in Jesuit studies a helpful tool … The work is global in scope, academic in nature, and enjoyable to read.' Michael W. Maher, Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu

Founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has been praised as a saintly god-send and condemned as the work of Satan. With some 600 entries written by 110 authors - those inside and outside the order - this encyclopedia opens up the complexities of Jesuit history and explores the current life and work of this Catholic religious order and its global vocation. Approximately 230 entries are biographies, focusing on key people in Jesuit history, while the majority of the entries focus on Jesuit ideals, concepts, terminology, places, institutions, and events. With some 70 illustrations highlighting the centrality of visual images in Jesuit life, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive volume providing accessible and authoritative coverage of the Jesuits' life and work across the continents during the last five centuries.

List of figures
List of contributors
Acknowledgments
Alphabetical list of entries
Introduction
Entries
Index.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2], Religion & beliefs [HR], General & world history [HBG], History [HB]