Jesuits in Africa

A Historical Narrative from Ignatius of Loyola to Pedro Arrupe
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-46248-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2087 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies

Jesuits have been in Africa since the founding of their order, yet their history there remains poorly researched. Although scholars have begun to focus on specific regions such as Congo, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe, a comprehensive picture of the entire Jesuit experience on the continent has hitherto been lacking. In a condensed yet accessible way, Jesuits in Africa fills that lacuna. Narrating the story century by century from the time of St. Ignatius of Loyola (c.1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits, to that of Pedro Arrupe (1907–91, in office 1965–83), twenty-eighth superior general of the Society, this book makes Jesuit history in Africa available to a general readership while offering scholars a broad view in which specialized topics can be conceived and deepened.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mkenda Sj, Festo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Sixteenth Century: Kongo, Ethiopia, Mozambique/Zimbabwe, and Angola

2 Seventeenth Century: West Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola, and Kongo

3 Eighteenth Century: Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Angola

4 Nineteenth Century: Algeria, Fernando Pó, Sudan, Egypt, Madagascar, Zambezi, and Congo

5 Twentieth Century: Continuation, Consolidation, and Expansion

Conclusion

Bibliography

Documents in the Monumenta historica Societatis Iesu (MHSI) Series

Other Published Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Online Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Festo Mkenda, S.J., D.Phil. (2009, University of Oxford) is Academic Director of the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu. He has lectured on African history and on Christianity in Africa, and his research focuses on Jesuit history in Africa.