The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626162867 ISBN 13: 9781626162860

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is the most successful and enduring global missionary enterprise in history. Founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, the Jesuit order has preached the Gospel, managed a vast educational network, and shaped the Catholic Church, society, and politics in all corners of the earth. The Jesuits' international impact and openness to dialogue with non-European cultures generated controversy--and led to their suppression by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Restored in 1814, the Jesuits grew rapidly and had particular influence on the formation of schools and universities, an influence that continues to this day. In our global era marked by deep religious and cultural pluralism, what can we learn from the historical and contemporary experience of the Society of Jesus? What do the Jesuits tell us about globalization, and what can globalization tells us about the Jesuits? This volume is divided into two parts, historical legacies and contemporary challenges, and brings together leading scholars such as comparative theologian Francis Clooney, SJ, historian John O'Malley, SJ, Brazilian theologian Maria Clara Bingemer, and ethicist David Hollenbach, SJ, to focus on three critical themes: mission and dialogue; education and the human person; and justice and the common good.

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Review:

This superb collection of essays is strongly recommended to anyone interested in the history and distinctive identity of the Society of Jesus evolving out of Renaissance humanism. It also provides a timely caution for anyone interested in globalisation, especially in light of what Pankaj Mishra has recently called the 'Globalization of Rage'. Nationalist populism evokes the initial quandary of negotiating self-identity stated in this collection's introduction.

--The Way

An ambitious project which has considerable success in the quality of the articles in contains, and the arguments it sustains.

--Journal of the American Academy of Religion

This volume of essays could not be more timely for a political moment. . . . An impressively researched catalogue . . . [that] succeeds best as a compelling defense of this new, radical (if historically rooted) Jesuit leadership in global engagement.

--Catholic Historical Review

Multi-themed yet coherent and articulate.

--Journal of World History

About the Author:

Thomas Banchoff is vice president for Global Engagement at Georgetown University. He also serves as the founding director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and is professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. Jose Casanova is professor in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown, and heads the Berkley Center's Program on Globalization, Religions, and the Secular.

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1626162867
• ISBN 13: 9781626162860
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Banchoff Thomas, Casanova José