Saints or Devils Incarnate? - Studies in Jesuit History

This volume contains fifteen studies by John O'Malley that press forward the trajectory he launched with The First Jesuits (1993). The chapters deal, for instance, with the historigraphy of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits' cultural commitments, the character of Ignatius of Loyola and of Jesuit education.

About the author

John W. O'Malley, Ph.D. (1966) in History, Harvard University, is University Professor at Georgetown University. He has published extensively on various aspects of early modern Catholicism. His latest book is Trent: What Happened at the Council (Harvard, 2013).

Product details

• Authors: John W O'Malley, John W. O'Malley
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2013
• EAN: 9789004255340
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25534-0
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• Series: Jesuit Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity