Catholic Church

Early Modern Jesuits between Obedience and Conscience during the Generalate of Claudio Acquaviva (1581-1615)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Society of Jesus was founded on a principal of strict obedience to papal authority, yet the turbulent political circumstances in which they operated inevitably brought them into conflict with the Catholic hierarchy. In order to better understand and contextualise the concept of obedience from a theological and practical perspective, this book examines the Jesuits of south-western Europe during the thirty-year generalate of Claudio Acquaviva (1581-1615), a challenging time for the Jesuits, during which their very system of government was called into doubt.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781409457060
• ISBN-10: 1409457060
• Artikelnr.: 44674959

Autorenporträt

Silvia Mostaccio is Associate Professor of Early Modern History (16th-18th Centuries) at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Jesuit Obedience as the Theoretical Object of Cultural
Narration under General Claudio Acquaviva (1581-1615); Chapter 1 Jesuit
Political Thought and Pastoral Care between Power and Obedience: Texts and
Contexts; Chapter 2 'Perinde ac si cadaver essent.' The Jesuits from a
Comparative Perspective: The Tension between Obedience and Representar in
the Legal Documents of Religious Orders; Chapter 3 Hierarchies of Obedience
in the Society of Jesus during the Pontificate of Sixtus V (1585-90);
Chapter 4 A Gendered Obedience? The Spiritual Exercises by Jesuits and by
Women: Two Case Studies and Their Context; conclusion Conclusion Contexts
and Challenges for Jesuit Obedience Both Within and Outside the Society;