Introduction Thomas Worcester
Part I. Ignatius of Loyola: 1. The religious milieu of the young Ignatius Lu Ann Homza
2. Five personae of Ignatius of Loyola J. Carlos Coupeau
3. The spiritual exercises Philip Endean
Part II. European Foundations of the Jesuits: 4. Jesuit Rome and Italy Paul Murphy
5. The society of Jesus in the three kingdoms Thomas McCoog
6. Jesuit dependence on the French monarchy Thomas Worcester
7. Women Jesuits? Gemma Simmonds
8. Jesuits in Poland and Eastern Europe Stanislaw Obirek
Part III. Geographic and Ethnic Frontiers: 9. The Jesuit enterprise in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Japan M. Antoni J. Üçerler
10. Jesuits in China Nicolas Standaert
11. The Jesuits in New France Jacques Monet
12. Racial and ethnic minorities in the Society of Jesus Thomas Cohen
Part IV. Arts and Sciences: 13. Jesuit architecture in colonial Latin America Gauvin Alexander Bailey
14. The Jesuits and the quiet side of scientific revolution Louis Caruana
Part V. Jesuits in the Modern World: 15. The suppression and restoration Jonathan Wright
16. Jesuit schools in the USA, 1814-ca.1970 Gerald McKevitt
17. Jesuit theological discourse since Vatican II Mary Ann Hinsdale
18. Jesuits today Thomas Worcester.