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Jesuits in the North American Colonies and the United States
Faith, Conflict, Adaptation
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From Eusebio Kino to Daniel Berrigan, and from colonial New England to contemporary Seattle, Jesuits have built and disrupted institutions in ways that have fundamentally shaped the Catholic Church and American society. As Catherine OâDonnell demonstrates, Jesuits in French, Spanish, and British colonies were both evangelists and agents of empire. John Carroll envisioned an American church integrated with Protestant neighbors during the early years of the republic; nineteenth-century Jesuits, many of them immigrants, rejected Carrollâs ethos and created a distinct Catholic infrastructure of schools, colleges, and allegiances. The twentieth century involved Jesuits first in American war efforts and papal critiques of modernity, and then (in accord with the leadership of John Courtney Murray and Pedro Arrupe) in a rethinking of their relationship to modernity, to other faiths, and to earthly injustice. OâDonnellâs narrative concludes with a brief discussion of Jesuitsâ declining numbers, as well as their response to their slaveholding past and involvement in clerical sexual abuse.
Catherine OâDonnell, PhD (1998), is a member of the history faculty at Arizona State University. She is the author of numerous articles and books on culture and Catholicism in the United States, including Elizabeth Seton: American Saint (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018).
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1. Introduction
2. Jesuits in the Colonial Era
3. New France Takes Root
4. Royal
5. The Pays dâen Haut and Louisiana
6. The PimerÃa Alta
7. Jesuits in the British North American Colonies
8. Marylandâs Founding
9. Early Years in Maryland
10. Maryland Transformed
11. Penal Era
12. Suppression
13. Jesuits in the New American Nation
14. Atlantic Currents
15. A New Society
16. A Growing Nation and Society
17. The West
18. Slavery and War
19. A World Apart?
20. The Work Continues
21. Education, Americanism, and Modernism
22. A Transformational Century
23. Toward Modernity
24. The Second World War
25. Controversy and Transformation
26. Toward the Present
27. Change Accelerates
28. Conclusion: Toward the Future
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Keywords
1. Introduction
2. Jesuits in the Colonial Era
3. New France Takes Root
4. Royal
5. The Pays dâen Haut and Louisiana
6. The PimerÃa Alta
7. Jesuits in the British North American Colonies
8. Marylandâs Founding
9. Early Years in Maryland
10. Maryland Transformed
11. Penal Era
12. Suppression
13. Jesuits in the New American Nation
14. Atlantic Currents
15. A New Society
16. A Growing Nation and Society
17. The West
18. Slavery and War
19. A World Apart?
20. The Work Continues
21. Education, Americanism, and Modernism
22. A Transformational Century
23. Toward Modernity
24. The Second World War
25. Controversy and Transformation
26. Toward the Present
27. Change Accelerates
28. Conclusion: Toward the Future
Bibliography
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