TY - BOOK AU - Worcester,Thomas AU - Armstrong,Megan AU - Corkery,James AU - Fleming,Alison AU - Prieto,Andrés Ignacio AU - Shea,Henry TI - The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits SN - 9780521769051 (hardback) AV - BX 3702 .A1 C36 2017 U1 - 271/.53003 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Jesuits KW - Encyclopedias KW - RELIGION / Christian Church / History KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has been praised as a saintly god-send and condemned as the work of Satan. With some 600 entries written by 110 authors - those inside and outside the order - this encyclopedia opens up the complexities of Jesuit history and explores the current life and work of this Catholic religious order and its global vocation. Approximately 230 entries are biographies, focusing on key people in Jesuit history, while the majority of the entries focus on Jesuit ideals, concepts, terminology, places, institutions, and events. With some 70 illustrations highlighting the centrality of visual images in Jesuit life, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive volume providing accessible and authoritative coverage of the Jesuits' life and work across the continents during the last five centuries"-- ER -