American Jesuits and the World (ebook)

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"Told through brilliantly rendered portraits, American Jesuits and the World describes how European Jesuits, unmoored by revolution in their home countries, fled to the United States and from their new home contributed to shaping a distinctly Catholic global modernity. This is not solely a book about a religious order, but a new history of American Catholicism. A stunning achievement."--Robert A. Orsi, author of History and Presence

"Global history is all the rage today, yet one of the most global institutions--the Catholic Church--has largely been ignored in this new wave of scholarship. In this timely and brilliantly argued book, McGreevy convincingly shows that in order to understand the modern world--and modern America--we need to come to terms with globe-trotting priests with a global vision. A lively and often surprising account."--Sven Beckert, author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History

"This is a fine book by an accomplished and well-recognized historian of Catholicism in the United States. McGreevy writes in clear and accessible prose, and he fills his narrative with fascinating characters that reveal a great deal about how Catholic immigrants dealt with the nation they adopted as their own."--John W. O'Malley, SJ, author of The Jesuits: A History from Ignatius to the Present

"American Jesuits and the World will rightly be recognized as the history of American Jesuits--deftly conceived, superbly researched, and beautifully written."--Jon Butler, coauthor of Religion in American Life: A Short History

"In six engaging chapters, Catholic historian McGreevy (history, Univ. of Notre Dame; Parish Boundaries) focuses on specific individuals or institutions in various parts of the United States and the Philippines as a way to examine the influence of American Jesuits on the wider world in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and their interaction with American culture, especially church-state relations. . . . This work will draw in anyone interested in American religious history."--Library Journal

"McGreevy's deeply researched work sheds significant light on the European Jesuits' role in shaping modern America."--Publishers Weekly0List of Illustrations vii
Introduction 1
1 Nineteenth-Century Jesuits and Their Critics 8
2 Ellsworth, Maine: Education and Religious Liberty 26
3 Westphalia, Missouri: Nation 63
4 Grand Couteau, Louisiana: Miracle 104
5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Americans 142
6 Manila, Philippines: Empire 179
Conclusion 210
Abbreviations Used in the Notes 225
Notes 229
Acknowledgments 297
Index 301