The Jesuits and globalization: historical legacies and contemporary challenges

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The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is the most successful and enduring global missionary enterprise in history. Founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, the Jesuit order has preached the Gospel, managed a vast educational network, and shaped the Catholic Church, society, and politics in all corners of the earth. The Jesuits' international impact and openness to dialogue with non-European cultures generated controversy...and led to their suppression by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Restored in 1814, the Jesuits grew rapidly and had particular influence on the formation of schools and universities, an influence that continues to this day. In our global era marked by deep religious and cultural pluralism, what can we learn from the historical and contemporary experience of the Society of Jesus? What do the Jesuits tell us about globalization, and what can globalization tells us about the Jesuits? This volume is divided into two parts, historical legacies and contemporary challenges, and brings together leading scholars such as comparative theologian Francis Clooney, SJ, historian John O'Malley, SJ, Brazilian theologian Maria Clara Bingemer, and ethicist David Hollenbach, SJ, to focus on three critical themes: mission and dialogue; education and the human person; and justice and the common good. PrefaceIntroduction: The Jesuits and GlobalizationThomas Banchoff and Jose CasanovaPart I: Historical Perspectives1. The Jesuits in East Asia in the Early Modern Age: A New "Areopagus" and the "Re-invention" of ChristianityM. Antoni J. Ucerler, SJ2. Jesuit Intellectual Practice in Early Modernity: The Pan-Asian Argument against RebirthFrancis X. Clooney, SJ3. Global Visions in Contestation: Jesuits and Muslims in the Age of EmpiresDaniel A. Madigan, SJ4. Jesuits in Ibero-America: Missions and Colonial SocietiesAliocha Maldavsky5. The History of Anti-Jesuitism: National and Global DimensionsSabina Pavone6. Restored Jesuits: Notes toward a Global HistoryJohn T. McGreevy7. Historical Perspectives on Jesuit Education and GlobalizationJohn W. O'Malley, SJPart II: Contemporary Challenges8. The Jesuits and the "More Universal Good": At Vatican II and TodayDavid Hollenbach, SJ9. The Jesuits and Social Justice in Latin AmericaMaria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer10. Global Human Development and the Jesuits in AsiaJohn Joseph Puthenkalam, SJ, and Drew Rau11. Global Human Mobility, Refugees, and Jesuit Education at the MarginsPeter Balleis, SJ12. Jesuit Higher Education and the Global Common GoodThomas Banchoff13. The Jesuits through the Prism of Globalization, Globalization through a Jesuit PrismJose CasanovaList of ContributorsIndex