Men Astutely Trained: A History of the Jesuits in the American Century

by Peter McDonough

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A perceptive and provocative analysis of the transformation that swept through American Catholicism in the decades leading up to Vatican II. Captures the drama of the Jesuits' confrontation with American modernity. Jokers, wisemen, failures, the brilliant and the merely bemused march through the book's pages. The Jesuits have been the carriers of a culture borne along by a fruitful and often frustrating tension between their dual commitment to ancient...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0029205271

ISBN13:9780029205273

Release Date:December 1991

Publisher:Free Press

Length:616 Pages

Weight:1.94 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Americas Catholicism Christian Books & Bibles Church History Church Institutions & Organizations Churches & Church Leadership Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Roman Catholicism

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