The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, c. 1250–1750. Christy Anderson, Anne Dunlop, and Pamela H. Smith, eds. Studies in Design. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014. xvi + 340 pp. $29.95.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2019.503
Abstract: influence and what the authors call “the long-established view that Rubens was the only person who could ultimately have advised the Jesuits to give the church its undeniably Baroque appearance” (11). They convincingly demonstrate that… read more here.
Keywords: practices cultural; materials practices; jesuit; art materials ... See more keywords
Maximilian Hell (1720–92) and the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe. By Per Pippin Aspass and László Kontler. Jesuit Studies 27. Leiden: Brill, 2020. x + 477 pp. $186.00 hardcover; open access.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0009640721000408
Abstract: Edwards’s legacy is well known and highly regarded, it has not always been appreciated that he was more than a lone genius whose theology profoundly influenced the colonies and nascent evangelicalism. Bezzant’s work shows that… read more here.
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De Lubac and Suárez: A Reappraisal
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DOI: 10.1177/00405639221132004
Abstract: Because of his hostility to pure nature theory, Henri de Lubac has typically been viewed as opposing Francisco Suárez’s metaphysics. His proximate target was the neo-Suárezianism to which he was exposed during his Jesuit formation.… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy; rez reappraisal; nature; lubac rez ... See more keywords
Turning to Mystery in Institutional Theory: The Jesuit Spiritual Exercises
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DOI: 10.1177/01708406221081622
Abstract: Previous researchers have argued that material objects reproduce institutional logics on the basis of their durability, immutability and mobility. In this paper we analyse material objects that secure logics not because they reveal meanings and… read more here.
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“Put the Jesuit Out Front”: How a Catholic, Jesuit University Addresses LGBQ Issues
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DOI: 10.3102/0002831219878681
Abstract: The campus climate for LGBQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer) communities in higher education has improved, but not necessarily at religiously affiliated institutions. This case study explores how faculty, staff, and students at a Jesuit, Catholic… read more here.
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To Walk with Slaves: Jesuit Contexts and the Atlantic World in the Cartagena Mission to Enslaved Africans, 1605–1654
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DOI: 10.3390/rel12050334
Abstract: The Jesuit mission to enslaved Africans founded in 1605 in Cartagena de las Indias is amongst the most extraordinary religious developments of early colonial Latin America. By the time Alonso de Sandoval, S.J. and Pedro… read more here.
Keywords: cartagena; atlantic world; enslaved africans; jesuit ... See more keywords