With Christ in Prison : From St. Ignatius to the Present.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, George M.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Fordham University Press, 2000.

Summary:

The book provides an account of many Jesuits, from the time of St. Ignatius to the 1990’s, who have been incarcerated around the world for their faith. It is divided into chapters that deal with specific themes related to their imprisonment. The principal themes are: prayer as a key element in survival, arrest and trial procedures, the experience of suffering, Mass, the daily order of prison life, forced labor, ministry to other prisoners, guards, prisoners who became Jesuits while imprisoned, community in prison, and voluntary incarceration.This is the first book to examine the experience of incarcerated Jesuits around the world and down through the centuries from the standpoint of these various themes. Much of the material is by the Jesuits themselves, in letters, autobiographical fragments and other sources—including obscure publications long out of print. The result is a gathering together of these pieces and fragments into a coordinated whole, with commentary on their significance in the context of the political and cultural situations of their time—situations that were generally the immediate cause of the Jesuits imprisonment, whether in Elizabethan England or in Communist China and Russia. A chart of imprisoned Jesuits by country of incarceration at the beginning, and a glossary of names at the back (as well as an index), will help the reader to keep track of the names of the many Jesuits who figure in the book.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CHART OF IMPRISONED JESUITS BY COUNTRY OF INCARCERATION

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

ONE Voluntary Incarceration

TWO Ignatius's Own Experience and Ecclesiastical Prisons

THREE Arrest and Trial

FOUR Spectators

FIVE Joyful Acceptance of Incarceration for Christ's Sake

SIX Physical Suffering and Torture

SEVEN Jesuit Brothers

EIGHT Prayer in Prison

NINE Mass

TEN Daily Order

ELEVEN Work

TWELVE Ministry

THIRTEEN Guards

FOURTEEN Becoming a Jesuit in Prison

FIFTEEN Community in Prison

SIXTEEN Conclusion

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8232-9562-1

OCLC:

1309030588