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John W. O'Malley gives us the most comprehensive account ever written of the Society of Jesus in its founding years, one that heightens and transforms our understanding of the Jesuits in history and today. Following the Society from 1540 through 1565, O'Malley shows how this sense of mission evolved. He looks at everything—the Jesuits' teaching, their preaching, their casuistry, their work with orphans and prostitutes, their attitudes toward Jews and "New Christians," and their relationship to the Reformation.

Die Gesellschaft Jesu (Societas Jesu) ist der derzeit größte Orden der katholischen Kirche. Gegründet durch Ignatius von Loyola (1491-1556), war dies die erste Ordensgemeinschaft, deren Ziele ganz von Mission und Lehre geprägt waren. Durch seine stark intellektuell-missionarische Sendung stand der Orden immer im Mittelpunkt heftiger Diskussionen. Einerseits unterstützten die Jesuiten oft kompromisslos die päpstliche Autorität, andererseits geriet er mehrmals in Konflikt mit der Amtkirche.

Drawing on untapped resources, exclusive interviews, and new archival research, The Pope’s Last Crusade by Peter Eisner is a thrilling narrative that sheds new light on Pope Pius XI’s valiant effort to condemn Nazism and the policies of the Third Reich—a crusade that might have changed the...