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A distinctive and modern telling of the history of the Society of Jesus in America

The history of America cannot be told without the history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of Jesuits in America.

Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial era to the present. David J. Collins, SJ, describes the development of the Jesuit order in the US against the background of American religious, cultural, and social history. He investigates the relationship of Jesuit activities in America to those in Europe and, by the twentieth century, to those around the world as US Jesuits are increasingly assigned to "foreign missions" and the political and religious connections between the US and the world, especially Latin America, grow. He covers the papacy's suppression of the order and its restoration period. He also reflects on the future of the order in light of its past.

Readers familiar with the Jesuit tradition and those who are new to it will learn from this book's distinctive and modern perspective--using twenty-first century scholarship and opinions on Jesuit slaveholding, the sexual abuse crisis, and other contemporary issues--on 500 years of Jesuit history in the United States.


ISBN-13: 9781647123482

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Publication Date: 08-01-2023

Pages: 200

Product Dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Age Range: 18 Years

David J. Collins, SJ, is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Haub Director of Catholic Studies at Georgetown University.

What People are Saying About This

Seth Meehan

Judicious in its selections of Jesuits (both familiar and otherwise), measured in its assessment of the order's successes, and unflinching in its treatment of noted failures, Collins's insightful, engaging, and sweeping book will prove a mainstay of syllabi and bookshelves as well as a model for other regional histories that constitute the shared global story of the Society of Jesus.

James Martin

An absolutely superb overview of the history and legacy of the Jesuits in the United States by a top-notch scholar and gifted writer. Beautifully written, expertly researched, and masterfully presented by a Jesuit who has taught this fascinating tale for many years, Father Collins’s book is bound to become a classic.

Michael Pasquier

"David Collins’s concise history of the Jesuits in the United States is the first of its kind. Written for general and scholarly audiences, readers can follow the trajectory of American Catholic history alongside the fascinating lives of Jesuits from the colonial period to the present."

Maura Jane Farrelly

Collins has given us a highly accessible primer on the Society of Jesus in the United States—its goals, activities, methods, animating beliefs, and legacies. Sensitive to important and necessary changes in our understanding of settler colonialism. This book should enlighten fans and critics alike.

Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Collins’s analysis of the Jesuits’ imprint on the history of the United States is cogent and compelling, as is his examination of how this global religious congregation was shaped by the experience of its members and missions in North America. His chronicle is at once admirably comprehensive in its scope and tantalizing enough to entice the reader to want to learn more—a triumph!

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsList of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Colonies, 1566-17732. Suppression, 1762-18403. Haven, 1821-19004. Upswing, 1900-19605. Upheaval, 1960-2000EpilogueGlossaryIndex