The five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (1517) pro-vides an opportunity to reflect in a new way on the relationship between the Protestants and the Society of Jesus, which was founded twenty-three years later (1540). Before we discuss the Jesuit–Protestant encounter in Africa, which resulted from the colonial expansion of the Catholic and Protestant Eur…
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the use of experimentalapproaches to the study of media histories and their cultures.1An increasingnumber of scholars researching at the intersection of media history and theoryare breaking new ground by working with archival sources and historical arte-facts in experimental ways. Examples of work in this field are given throughoutthis book,…
The volume theme is the distinctiveness of Jesuits and their ministries. It explores the quidditas Jesuitica, or the specifically Jesuit way(s) of proceeding in which Jesuits and their colleagues operated from historical, geographical, social, and cultural perspectives. Thanks to generous support of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College, this volume is available in Open Ac…