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In "The Jesuits", Malachi Martin reveals for the first time the harrowing behind-the-scenes story of the "new" worldwide Society of Jesus. The leaders and the dupes; the blood and the pathos; the politics, the betrayals and the humiliations; the unheard-of alliances and compromises. "The Jesuits" tells a true story of today that is already changing the face of all our tomorrows.
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Publisher's description: When Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits (or the Society of Jesus) in 1534, his modest goal was to lead a group of nine like-minded students at the University of Paris on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to convert the Muslims. By the time of his death in 1556, approximately one thousand priests were Jesuits. The order continued to grow rapidly, distinguishing itself first in the field of education and quickly becoming a force...
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"Bamboo Swaying in the Wind reveals the extraordinary life story of Chinese Jesuit George Bernard Wong, who was imprisoned in China for more than twenty-five years for his religious beliefs. It is a story of romance, joy, political intrigue, cultural revolution, historic oppression, and living hope. Readers come to know a man of profound faith and endurance who not only survived years of incarceration and solitary confinement but was able to emerge...
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"This is the story of a missionary who died alone on a desolate island within sight of the land of his life's dream, unaware that he had forever changed the face and the race of Christianity ... Filmed on location in the footsteps of the Jesuit missionary ... features stunning scenery from Rome, Spain, Paris, India, China, and Japan as well as interviews with world-renowned scholars in the fields of history and theology. Through scholarship and image,...
11) The sparrow
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A Jesuit leads an expedition to investigate singing emanating from a planet. So are discovered the Runa, intelligent beings, but undernourished. The explorers fix that and a population explosion follows, attracting space-age cannibals who start eating them. The explorers are killed, except for the Jesuit who tells the tale.
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A history of Father Kino's missionary journeys in Arizona includes translations of his day-by-day handwritten account, Cristobal Martin Bernal's diary of Kino's 1697 journey along the San Pedro and Gila rivers, a history of the peaceful settlement of the Guevavi and Tumacacori missionary sites, and a comprehensive bibliography of published articles, information, and books about Father Kino.
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"Virtually unknown in his own lifetime, Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet and Jesuit priest, has - in the course of the past seventy-five years - become recognized as one of the world's foremost poets, his works known and admired by untold thousands of readers. Like the Psalms, his poems cover the entire range of human emotions, from the sheer celebration of the world to the terrors of desolation." "Paul Mariani, an award-winning poet and biographer, here...
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