| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Jesuits and race from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries / Nathaniel Millett and Charles H. Parker -- "The Society of the world:" Antonio Possevino (1533-1611) and the Jesuit debate over purity of blood / Emanuele Colombo -- Eternal blackness: body and soul in Jesuit Martin de Roa's Afterlife / Erin Kathleen Rowe -- Jesuits and unfree labor in early modern East Asia / Liam Matthew Brockey -- Jesuits and "race" in early modern Chile: Valdivia's Letters to the King, 1604-1618 / Andrew Redden -- How to be a country Jesuit: practices of continence, care, and containment in a racializing religiosity / J. Michelle Molina -- "The most barbarous and fierce peoples in the New World": decoding the Jesuit missionary project in colonial North Mexico / Susan M. Deeds -- The memory of slavery at Saint Louis University / Nathaniel Millett -- Challenge to our sincerity: American Jesuits discover "The Negro" / James M. O'Toole -- Trial by fire: Father George Dunne and race relations in Cold War Los Angeles / Sean Dempsey, S.J. -- Epilogue / John T. McGreevy |
| Summary |
"Jesuits and Race: A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020 examines the role the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history. Jesuits provide an unusual, if not unique, lens through which to view the topic of race given the global nature of the Society of Jesus and the priests' interest in humanity, salvation, conversion, science, and nature. Interactions, discussions, and debates occured at the loftiest of intellectual levels and at the most intimate of local settings, both offering a fascinating portal to examine oscillating attitudes about race. Jesuits' global presence in missions, imperial expansion, and education lends insight into the differences in patterns of estrangement and assimilation, as well as enfranchisement and coercion, with people from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The essays in this collection bring together case studies from around the world as a first steop toward a comparative analysis of Jesuit engagement with racialized difference. The authors hone in on labor practices, social structures, and religious agendas at salient moments during the long span of Jesuit history. As John McGreevy notes in his incisive epilogue, the Society's long history enables a team of scholars to examine patterns and trajectories over an extended period of time to provide a long view" -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Nathaniel Millett is an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University. He is the author of The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and Their Quest for Freedom in the Atlantic World. Charles H. Parker is a professor of history at Saint Louis University. His publications include Global Calvinism: Conversion and Commerce in the Dutch Empire, 1600-1800; Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400-1800; and Faith on the Margins: Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age |
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Print version record |
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Possevino, Antonio, 1533 or 1534-1611.
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Roa, Martín de, 1561-1637.
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Dunne, George H. (George Harold), 1905-1998.
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Dunne, George H. (George Harold), 1905-1998 fast |
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Possevino, Antonio, 1533 or 1534-1611 fast |
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Jesuits -- History.
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Jesuits fast |
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Millett, Nathaniel, editor.
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Parker, Charles H., 1958- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780826363688 |
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0826363687 |
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