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Jesuit Tradition in Education

450 Year Perspective

This collection of essays commemorates the 450th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Jesus and acknowledges the many challenges faced by its members currently engaged in the educational process.

290 pages | 6 x 9 | © 1993

Religion: Christianity


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Table of Contents

Introduction, by Christopher Chapple
 
Part One: The Jesuit Order: Formation and Education
 
Quest for Identity: The Ideals of Jesuit Education in the Sixteenth Century, by Francesco C. Cesareo
Mysticism as Biology and Educational Foundation in Ignatius de Loyal, by Antonio T. De Nicolas
Parents and Children in the Sermons of Pere Bourdaloue: A Jesuit Perspective on the Early Modern Family, by Lawrence Wolff
Social Order, Social Reform, and the Society of Jesus, by Peter McDonough
Policies and Predicaments for the Jesuit Educational Mission from the Past Three General Congregations, by Thomas Faase
Jesuit Education in America, by Joseph A. O’hare, S.J.
Theology in the Jesuit University: Reassessing the Ignatian Vision, by Paul G. Crowley, S.J.
Jesuit Contribution to the Culture of Modernity in Latin America: An Essay toward a Critical Understanding, by Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J.
The Influence of Ignatian Spirituality on Women’s Teaching Orders in the United States, by Margaret Gorman, R.S.C.J.
 
Part Two: The Jesuit Tradition: History, Missions, and Cultural Insight
 
The Peruvian Indian through Jesuit Eyes: The Case of José de Acosta and Pablo José
de Arriaga, by Luis Martín
An Integrated Perspective: Music and Art in the Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay, by T. Frank Kennedy, S.J.
Kino: On People and Places, Charles W. Polzer, S.J.
"Faith Enters by the Ear": Missionary Linguistics in the Pacific Northwest, by Gerald McKevitt, S.J.
The Jesuits in Africa, by John Orr Dwyer
Translating the Good: Robert de Nobili’s Moral Argument and Jesuit Education Today, by Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
 
List of Contributors
 
Index

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