Jesuits and Islam in Europe - Colombo, Emanuele; Shore, Paul
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This volume chronicles Jesuit efforts to engage with Muslim populations in Christian Europe, such as the Moriscos, as well as the work of Jesuit missionaries in Muslim territory, such as Constantinople. It provides insights into the activities of the Society of Jesus along the eastern frontier of the Ottoman Empire, and tracks the careers of individual Jesuits such as Tomás de León and Antonio Possevino. These influential Jesuits devoted much of their lives to addressing the claims of Islam and the pressures applied on Christian Europe by Muslim polities. Some lesser-known Jesuits, such as the translator Ignazio Lomellini, are also profiled.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This volume chronicles Jesuit efforts to engage with Muslim populations in Christian Europe, such as the Moriscos, as well as the work of Jesuit missionaries in Muslim territory, such as Constantinople. It provides insights into the activities of the Society of Jesus along the eastern frontier of the Ottoman Empire, and tracks the careers of individual Jesuits such as Tomás de León and Antonio Possevino. These influential Jesuits devoted much of their lives to addressing the claims of Islam and the pressures applied on Christian Europe by Muslim polities. Some lesser-known Jesuits, such as the translator Ignazio Lomellini, are also profiled.
Autorenporträt
Emanuele Colombo, Ph.D. (2006, University of Milan and Padova) is Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. He has published books and articles on Jesuit history. He is the executive editor of the Journal of Jesuit Studies. Paul Shore received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1986. He was adjunct professor at two Canadian universities and a life member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. His publications include Narratives of Adversity and The Eagle and the Cross: Jesuits in Baroque Prague. He died in February 2023.