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Passionate uncertainty : inside the American Jesuits / Peter McDonough, Eugene C. Bianchi.
LIBRA BX3708 .M335 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonough, Peter, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesuits--United States--History--20th century.
- Jesuits.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Founded in 1540 by Ignites Loyola, the Society of Jesus was once the largest, most influential, most controversial religious order of Catholic priests in the world. This book is an insider's look at the Jesuits today--a society suffering from declining numbers, dissension, and resistance to rules governing celibacy, papal supremacy, and the role of women.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-368) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520230558
- OCLC:
- 46976438
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