Exploring Jesuit Distinctiveness - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ways of Proceeding Within the Society of Jesus

The volume theme is the distinctiveness of Jesuits and their ministries. It explores the quidditas Jesuitica, or the specifically Jesuit way(s) of proceeding in which Jesuits and their colleagues operated from historical, geographical, social, and cultural perspectives. Thanks to generous support of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College, this volume is available in Open Access.

About the author

Robert Aleksander Maryks, Ph.D. (2006) in History, Fordham University, is Associate Professor of History, Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, and Editor of Jesuit Sources at Boston College. He has published on various aspects of the history of the Jesuits, including, most recently, A Companion to Ignatius of Loyola (Brill, 2014). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, the book series of Jesuit Studies, and the Boston College Jesuit Bibliography: The New Sommervogel.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2016
• EAN: 9789004313347
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31334-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Jesuit Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity