"This book presents a comprehensive history of the many contributions the Jesuits made to science from their founding to the present. It also links the Jesuits dedication to science with their specific spirituality which tries to find God in all things. The book begins with Chri…
Beginning in 1609, Jesuit missionaries established missions (reductions) among sedentary and non-sedentary native populations in the larger region defined as the Province of Paraguay (Rio de la Plata region, eastern Bolivia). One consequence of resettlement on the missions was e…
by Daly, Peter M., (Peter Maurice), Dimler, G. Richard
fromCorpus librorum emblematum
by Daly, Peter M., (Peter Maurice), Dimler, G. Richard
fromCorpus librorum emblematum
by Daly, Peter M., (Peter Maurice), Dimler, G. Richard
fromCorpus librorum emblematum
The multi-volume bibliography attempts to encompass all extant books of emblems, emblematically illustrated works, and books dealing with the theory and practice of emblematics that were written by members of the Society of Jesus; as well as translations and adaptation by Cathol…
The city and kingdom of Naples was deemed a suitable target for Jesuit intervention because of its moral and spiritual laxity. Jennifer Selwyn's study covers the period of intense Jesuit activity when the organization struggled to evangelize and civilize nominal Catholics locall…
In Science in the Vanished Miguel de Asúa provides the first modern comprehensive account of Jesuit science in the missions of Paraguay and the River Plate region during the 17th and 18th centuries. Focusing on individual Jesuits and underlining the relationships of their work t…
The Saint in the Banyan Tree is a nuanced and historically persuasive exploration of Christianity's remarkable trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. Starting in the seventeenth century, when the religion was integrated into Tamil institutions of caste and …
Selections from: The Jesuit relations and allied documents edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, and first published: Cleveland : Burrows, 1896-1901.
