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With Christ in Prison

By Anderson, George M.

With Christ in Prison

By Anderson, George M.

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The book provides an account of many Jesuits, from the time of St. Ignatius to the 1990's, who have been incarcerated around the world for their faith. It is divided into chapters that deal with specific themes related to their imprisonment. The principal themes are: prayer as a key element in survival, arrest and trial procedures, the experience of suffering, Mass, the daily order of prison life, forced labor, ministry to other prisoners, guards, prisoners who became Jesuits while imprisoned, community in prison, and voluntary incarceration.
This is the first book to examine the experience of incarcerated Jesuits around the world and down through the centuries from the standpoint of these various themes. Much of the material is by the Jesuits themselves, in letters, autobiographical fragments and other sources-including obscure publications long out of print. The result is a gathering together of these pieces and fragments into a coordinated whole, with commentary on their significance in the context of the political and cultural situations of their time-situations that were generally the immediate cause of the Jesuits imprisonment, whether in Elizabethan England or in Communist China and Russia.
A chart of imprisoned Jesuits by country of incarceration at the beginning, and a glossary of names at the back (as well as an index), will help the reader to keep track of the names of the many Jesuits who figure in the book.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
266
Release Date:
2000-12-01
Publication Date:
2000-01-01
Publisher:
Fordham University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0823220656
ISBN13:
9780823220656
Weight:
390 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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