Jesuits and race : a global history of continuity and change, 1530-2020

Jesuits and Race examines the role that the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history. Jesuits provide an unusual, if not unique, lens through which to view the topic of race given the global nature of the Society of Jesus and the priests' interest in humanity, salvation, conversion, science, and nature. Jesuits' global presence in missions, imperial expansion, and education lends insight into the differences in patterns of estrangement and assimilation, as well as enfranchisement and coercion, with people from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The essays in this collection bring together case studies from around the world as a first step toward a comparative analysis of Jesuit engagement with racialized difference. The authors hone in on labor practices, social structures, and religious agendas at salient moments during the long span of Jesuit history in this fascinating volume. Proporcionado por el editor: "Jesuits and Race: A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020 examines the role the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history. Jesuits provide an unusual, if not unique, lens through which to view the topic of race given the global nature of the Society of Jesus and the priests' interest in humanity, salvation, conversion, science, and nature. Interactions, discussions, and debates occured at the loftiest of intellectual levels and at the most intimate of local settings, both offering a fascinating portal to examine oscillating attitudes about race. Jesuits' global presence in missions, imperial expansion, and education lends insight into the differences in patterns of estrangement and assimilation, as well as enfranchisement and coercion, with people from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The essays in this collection bring together case studies from around the world as a first steop toward a comparative analysis of Jesuit engagement with racialized difference. The authors hone in on labor practices, social structures, and religious agendas at salient moments during the long span of Jesuit history. As John McGreevy notes in his incisive epilogue, the Society's long history enables a team of scholars to examine patterns and trajectories over an extended period of time to provide a long view" "Jesuits and Race: A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020 examines the role the Society of Jesus played in shaping Western understandings about race and explores the impact the Order had on the lives and societies of non-European peoples throughout history. Jesuits provide an unusual, if not unique, lens through which to view the topic of race given the global nature of the Society of Jesus and the priests' interest in humanity, salvation, conversion, science, and nature. Interactions, discussions, and debates occured at the loftiest of intellectual levels and at the most intimate of local settings, both offering a fascinating portal to examine oscillating attitudes about race. Jesuits' global presence in missions, imperial expansion, and education lends insight into the differences in patterns of estrangement and assimilation, as well as enfranchisement and coercion, with people from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The essays in this collection bring together case studies from around the world as a first steop toward a comparative analysis of Jesuit engagement with racialized difference. The authors hone in on labor practices, social structures, and religious agendas at salient moments during the long span of Jesuit history. As John McGreevy notes in his incisive epilogue, the Society's long history enables a team of scholars to examine patterns and trajectories over an extended period of time to provide a long view" -- Provided by publisher Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Jesuits and Race from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries by Nathaniel Millett and Charles H. Parker Chapter 1. “The Society of the World”: Antonio Possevino (1533-1611) and the Jesuit Debate over Purity of Blood by Emanuele Colombo Chapter 2. Eternal Blackness: Body and Soul in Jesuit Martin de Roa’s Afterlife by Erin Kathleen Rowe Chapter 3. Jesuits and Unfree Labor in Early Modern East Asia by Liam Matthew Brockey Chapter 4. Jesuits and “Race” in Early Modern Chile: Valdivia’s Letters to the King, 1604-1618 by Andrew Redden Chapter 5. How to Be a Country Jesuit: Practices of Continence, Care, and Containment in a Racializing Religiosity by J. Michelle Molina Chapter 6. “The Most Barbarous and Fierce Peoples in the New World”: Decoding the Jesuit Missionary Project in Colonial North Mexico by Susan M. Deeds Chapter 7. The Memory of Slavery at Saint Louis University by Nathaniel Millett Chapter 8. A Challenge to Our Sincerity: American Jesuits Discover “The Negro” by James M. O’Toole Chapter 9. Trial by Fire: Father George Dunne and Race Relations in Cold War Los Angeles by Sean Dempsey, S.J. Epilogue by John T. McGreevy List Contributors Index