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

Mcdonough, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 002920528X ISBN 13: 9780029205280

Publisher: Free Press, 1994

Synopsis

"(This) courageous, ambitious book . . . captures the authentic drama of the Jesuits' confrontation with American modernity".--James T. Fisher, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Yale University. (Roman Catholicism)

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In shaping his extensive research, writes McDonough, who teaches political science at Arizona State University, his focus has been "the ambiguous meeting between a 'nation with the soul of a church' and a religious organization with a commitment to the mundane." From the turn of the century to the 1960s, American members of the Society of Jesus retained a firm sense of mission, as seen in the Jesuit-run schools and universities that flourished throughout the U.S. and in their nationwide prominence, not just as priests and educators but as scholars, journalists, labor leaders and social innovators. In the wake of the religious revolution launched by the Second Vatican Council, however, the Society not only lost members but experienced internecine conflicts regarding its direction. McDonough's weighty narrative, bolstered with personal accounts of priests, is a significant, often eye-opening contribution to our understanding of the American Jesuits' recent history.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 002920528X
• ISBN 13: 9780029205280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656