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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McGreevy, John T. (1963-....)
Titre(s) : American Jesuits and the world [Texte imprimé] : how an embattled religious order made modern Catholicism global / John T. McGreevy
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-315 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Nineteenth-century Jesuits and their critics ; Ellsworth, Maine: education and religious
liberty ; Westphalia, Missouri: nation ; Grand Couteau, Louisiana: miracle ; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania: Americans ; Manila, Philippines: empire.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
At the start of the nineteenth century, the Jesuits seemed fated for oblivion. Dissolved
as a religious order in 1773 by one pope, they were restored in 1814 by another, but
with only six hundred aged members. Yet a century later, the Jesuits numbered seventeen
thousand men and were at the vanguard of the Catholic Church's expansion around the
world. In the United States especially, foreign-born Jesuits built universities and
schools, aided Catholic immigrants, and served as missionaries. This book traces this
nineteenth-century resurgence, showing how Jesuits nurtured a Catholic modernity through
a disciplined counterculture of parishes, schools, and associations. Drawing on archival
materials from three continents, American Jesuits and the World tracks Jesuits who
left Europe for America and Jesuits who left the United States for missionary ventures
across the Pacific. Each chapter tells the story of a revealing or controversial event,
including the tarring and feathering of an exiled Swiss Jesuit in Maine, the efforts
of French Jesuits in Louisiana to obtain Vatican approval of a miraculous healing,
and the educational efforts of American Jesuits in Manila. These stories place the
Jesuits at the center of the worldwide clash between Catholics and liberal nationalists,
and reveal how the Jesuits not only revived their own order but made modern Catholicism
more global. The result is a major contribution to modern global history and an invaluable
examination of the meaning of religious liberty in a pluralistic age. -- Provided
by publisher
Sujet(s) : Jésuites -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
Jésuites américains -- Philippines -- 1800-....
Jésuites -- Missions -- États-Unis
Jésuites -- Missions -- Philippines
Histoire religieuse -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Histoire religieuse -- Philippines -- 1800-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691171623 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0691171629 (hardcover) (alk. paper)
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