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![In telling the story of Saint Joseph's, David R. Contosta examines five intertwined and shifting forces that have shaped the university since its founding in the mid-nineteenth century. These are the fortunes of Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Roman Catholic Church, the overall development of American higher education, and a welter of external events during 15 decades of national and world history. In Saint Joseph's, Philadelphia's Jesuit University, Contosta shows how the institution's four successive locations have paralleled the development of Philadelphia itself. Starting out in 1851 on the site of Old Saint Joseph's Church, the city's first Roman Catholic parish, the fledgling college soon outgrew an increasingly noisy and commercialized location on Willing's Alley, near Fourth and Walnut Streets. From there the college moved in 1856 to a building at Juniper and Filbert Streets, then in a prosperous residential neighborhood near the future site of City Hall. In 1889 Saint Joseph's inaugurated its third site at Seventeenth and Stiles Streets in North Philadelphia, in the heart of Philadelphia's booming industrial zone. Then, in 1927, recognizing population shifts toward the western part of the city and into the western suburbs, the college moved to 54th and City Avenue, at the very entrance to Philadelphia's fashionable Main Line. In the post-World War II era, Saint Joseph's began to acquire properties across City Avenue on the Main Line itself, propelling the institution physically as well as culturally into the suburbs proper.<p><p>As Saint Joseph's was evolving with the city and its suburbs, it became more and more enmeshed in the mainstream of American higher education. In the process, the college had to abandon the traditional Jesuit seven-year course of studies that combined secondary and higher education. Saint Joseph's also greatly altered its governance system in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as did many Catholic colleges and universities, when it legally separated ownership of the college from the Society of Jesus. In 1970, Saint Joseph's admitted women to all its programs for the first time, and in 1978 it was granted university status. As a Jesuit institution, Saint Joseph's is by definition Catholic. A militant Catholicism, often associated with the Jesuits, was evident during the college's earlier decades, when Catholics frequently found themselves a spurned minority in an overwhelmingly Protestant nation. But with the election of John F. Kennedy as the country's first Catholic president in 1960 and Vatican II's emphasis on ecumenical dialogue, such militancy vanished quickly. Most recently, debate has centered on the real and potential conflicts between the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the principles of academic freedom. This came into sharp focus with Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae (1990) that sought to ensure that universities calling themselves Catholic were faithful to Church teaching. For Saint Joseph's, this entailed focusing on just what it means to be a Catholic institution of higher learning at the dawn of a new millennium.<p><p>Includes 561 color and black-and-white photographs (many of alumni) and illustrations culled from the SJU archives, newspapers and archival collections around the United States in addition to a 13-page index of people, places and events.<p>____________________<p><p>David R. Contosta, professor of history at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, is author of 14 books, as well as numerous articles.<p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p><p>"[Contosta] makes naked the very real dilemmas with which Saint Joseph's and other American Catholic universities are confronted, and offers no easy solutions. Contosta is also successful in showing how a multitude of wider forces beyond the influence of the Jesuit community, the Catholic Church, the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and the requirements of American higher education as a whole, have shaped Saint Joseph's. […] Photographs and other illustrations are skillfully woven into the text, creating a visual and mental dynamic that adds both clarity and excitement to the book. Overall, this reader has been with the pleasant feeling that there is still hope that the study of Catholic educational institutions can be taken beyond the hagiographic, which has characterized so much of what has been undertaken to date, and contribute to some real understanding of the major issues involved."<p><p>Tom O'Donoghue, History of Education Review<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"This handsome, richly and tastefully illustrated book recounts the history of a Jesuit college whose image is typical of early Catholic, especially Jesuit, colleges in the United States."<p><p>Edward J. Power, Catholic Historical Review<p><p><p>____________________<p>](/sjupress/images/items/120x500/31.jpg "In telling the story of Saint Joseph's, David R. Contosta examines five intertwined and shifting forces that have shaped the university since its founding in the mid-nineteenth century. These are the fortunes of Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Roman Catholic Church, the overall development of American higher education, and a welter of external events during 15 decades of national and world history. In Saint Joseph's, Philadelphia's Jesuit University, Contosta shows how the institution's four successive locations have paralleled the development of Philadelphia itself. Starting out in 1851 on the site of Old Saint Joseph's Church, the city's first Roman Catholic parish, the fledgling college soon outgrew an increasingly noisy and commercialized location on Willing's Alley, near Fourth and Walnut Streets. From there the college moved in 1856 to a building at Juniper and Filbert Streets, then in a prosperous residential neighborhood near the future site of City Hall. In 1889 Saint Joseph's inaugurated its third site at Seventeenth and Stiles Streets in North Philadelphia, in the heart of Philadelphia's booming industrial zone. Then, in 1927, recognizing population shifts toward the western part of the city and into the western suburbs, the college moved to 54th and City Avenue, at the very entrance to Philadelphia's fashionable Main Line. In the post-World War II era, Saint Joseph's began to acquire properties across City Avenue on the Main Line itself, propelling the institution physically as well as culturally into the suburbs proper.<p><p>As Saint Joseph's was evolving with the city and its suburbs, it became more and more enmeshed in the mainstream of American higher education. In the process, the college had to abandon the traditional Jesuit seven-year course of studies that combined secondary and higher education. Saint Joseph's also greatly altered its governance system in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as did many Catholic colleges and universities, when it legally separated ownership of the college from the Society of Jesus. In 1970, Saint Joseph's admitted women to all its programs for the first time, and in 1978 it was granted university status. As a Jesuit institution, Saint Joseph's is by definition Catholic. A militant Catholicism, often associated with the Jesuits, was evident during the college's earlier decades, when Catholics frequently found themselves a spurned minority in an overwhelmingly Protestant nation. But with the election of John F. Kennedy as the country's first Catholic president in 1960 and Vatican II's emphasis on ecumenical dialogue, such militancy vanished quickly. Most recently, debate has centered on the real and potential conflicts between the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the principles of academic freedom. This came into sharp focus with Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae (1990) that sought to ensure that universities calling themselves Catholic were faithful to Church teaching. For Saint Joseph's, this entailed focusing on just what it means to be a Catholic institution of higher learning at the dawn of a new millennium.<p><p>Includes 561 color and black-and-white photographs (many of alumni) and illustrations culled from the SJU archives, newspapers and archival collections around the United States in addition to a 13-page index of people, places and events.<p>____________________<p><p>David R. Contosta, professor of history at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, is author of 14 books, as well as numerous articles.<p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p><p>\"[Contosta] makes naked the very real dilemmas with which Saint Joseph's and other American Catholic universities are confronted, and offers no easy solutions. Contosta is also successful in showing how a multitude of wider forces beyond the influence of the Jesuit community, the Catholic Church, the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and the requirements of American higher education as a whole, have shaped Saint Joseph's. […] Photographs and other illustrations are skillfully woven into the text, creating a visual and mental dynamic that adds both clarity and excitement to the book. Overall, this reader has been with the pleasant feeling that there is still hope that the study of Catholic educational institutions can be taken beyond the hagiographic, which has characterized so much of what has been undertaken to date, and contribute to some real understanding of the major issues involved.\"<p><p>Tom O'Donoghue, History of Education Review<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"This handsome, richly and tastefully illustrated book recounts the history of a Jesuit college whose image is typical of early Catholic, especially Jesuit, colleges in the United States.\"<p><p>Edward J. Power, Catholic Historical Review<p><p><p>____________________<p>")
Saint Joseph's: Philadelphia's Jesuit University - 150 Years
Contosta, David R.
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2000. In telling the story of Saint Joseph's, David R. Contosta examines five intertwined and shifting forces that have shaped the.. more
Price: $45.00
![Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia tells the remarkable story of the thousands of stained-glass windows made in America, England, France, and Germany in the more than 400 churches, chapels, and institutions in the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Since 1997 more than 450 sites have been visited to document their windows by photographing them. This process has resulted in the creation of a photo archive of over 50,000 images. Using this archive as a foundation, a team of scholars from a variety of institutions and with specialties in medieval studies, architectural and social history, Christian iconography, decorative and liturgical arts, the craft, creative reuse, and historic preservation of stained glass was assembled to study these windows. The result is this profusely illustrated book of original research that makes accessible a significant and highly visible, but neglected, aspect of our ecclesial, national, and regional cultural heritage.<p><p>Jean Farnsworth, ed., Carmen R. Croce, ed., and Joseph F. Chorpenning, O.S.F.S., ed.<p><p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p>Selected by Choice (American Library Association) for its 40th Annual Academic Outstanding Title List<p><p><p>Recipient of Catholic Press Association Award (2003) and Independent Publisher Book Award (2003)<p><p>"In the range of ideas and depth of context, this is an invaluable and model study of religious stained-glass windows in the US — a subject needing research — as revealed by the thorough study of Catholic Philadelphia. […] Beautifully illustrated, short, clearly written essays delve into diverse subjects. […] The well-documented section on studios and selected artists is especially valuable because many of these makers supplied stained-glass windows throughout the nation. […] Valuable for museum, art history, and religious/theological libraries. Summing Up: Essential."<p> <p>Jesse Poesch, Choice<p><p>"[A] lavish coffee table art book filled from cover to cover with superbly presented stained-glass windows from Catholic churches throughout the great city of Philadelphia. […] a unique and recommended contribution to American Art History collections."<p><p>The Midwest Book Review<p><p>"Thanks to a mighty effort carried out by the publisher. […] The book is an extraordinary encyclopedia, treating its subject with intellectual thoroughness and an eminently readable text. Simultaneously, it is an exquisite example of fine publication production. […] On an ecumenical level, non-Catholics will also be infinitely enriched by everything the book has to offer. […] Artists, architects, students, and concerned connoisseurs will surely want a copy of the book for all the valuable information and unparalleled pleasure it provides. In addition, in my opinion, no community or institutional library should consider itself an adequate resource without a copy or two on hand, both for general reference use and for the pursuit of whole hearted personal satisfaction by its constituents."<p><p>Burton Wasserman, Art Matters<p><p>"The book is a unique achievement. Its execution is magnificent. Bravo!"<p><p>Rodger Van Allen, American Catholic Studies<p><p>"This is a weighty book in every sense of the term. […] [I]t is a feast for the eye and an intellectual banquet as well. […] The scholarly apparatus for each chapter is formidable. Readers who wish to pursue the subject of stained glass have all the clues necessary to penetrate the labyrinth of history, theology, and spirituality that lies beneath the stained glass of Philadelphia's churches. […] This is a scholarly work that I am sure will take its place as a classic in the special niche of studies devoted to the Church in Philadelphia."<p><p>Thomas J. McManus, Catholic Historical Review<p><p><p>"There are extensive endnotes; in fact, the endnotes are not to be missed as they apply another level of understanding to the text. […] The one case study was particularly interesting, as the pre-Vatican II 1950 windows at St. Francis of Assisi, Norristown illustrate the Book of Revelations, which at the time demonstrated the nation's anxiety with post-World War II Communism and the coming of the Atomic era. […] [This book] with incredible photography makes this a 'must have' publication for every stained-glassophile and historian, regardless if one is Catholic and lives in Philadelphia, or not."<p><p>Barbara E. Krueger, Quarterly of the Stained Glass Association of America<p><p><p>"Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia [is] a scholarly and lavishly illustrated book of original research that makes a significant but neglected aspect of ecclesial, national, and regional cultural patrimony accessible to a wide audience. Numerous Catholic churches have been built in this country in the past forty years, but very few can boast of stained-glass windows of the quality set out in this volume."<p><p>R. Kevin Seasoltz, Worship](/sjupress/images/items/120x500/39.jpg "Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia tells the remarkable story of the thousands of stained-glass windows made in America, England, France, and Germany in the more than 400 churches, chapels, and institutions in the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Since 1997 more than 450 sites have been visited to document their windows by photographing them. This process has resulted in the creation of a photo archive of over 50,000 images. Using this archive as a foundation, a team of scholars from a variety of institutions and with specialties in medieval studies, architectural and social history, Christian iconography, decorative and liturgical arts, the craft, creative reuse, and historic preservation of stained glass was assembled to study these windows. The result is this profusely illustrated book of original research that makes accessible a significant and highly visible, but neglected, aspect of our ecclesial, national, and regional cultural heritage.<p><p>Jean Farnsworth, ed., Carmen R. Croce, ed., and Joseph F. Chorpenning, O.S.F.S., ed.<p><p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p>Selected by Choice (American Library Association) for its 40th Annual Academic Outstanding Title List<p><p><p>Recipient of Catholic Press Association Award (2003) and Independent Publisher Book Award (2003)<p><p>\"In the range of ideas and depth of context, this is an invaluable and model study of religious stained-glass windows in the US — a subject needing research — as revealed by the thorough study of Catholic Philadelphia. […] Beautifully illustrated, short, clearly written essays delve into diverse subjects. […] The well-documented section on studios and selected artists is especially valuable because many of these makers supplied stained-glass windows throughout the nation. […] Valuable for museum, art history, and religious/theological libraries. Summing Up: Essential.\"<p> <p>Jesse Poesch, Choice<p><p>\"[A] lavish coffee table art book filled from cover to cover with superbly presented stained-glass windows from Catholic churches throughout the great city of Philadelphia. […] a unique and recommended contribution to American Art History collections.\"<p><p>The Midwest Book Review<p><p>\"Thanks to a mighty effort carried out by the publisher. […] The book is an extraordinary encyclopedia, treating its subject with intellectual thoroughness and an eminently readable text. Simultaneously, it is an exquisite example of fine publication production. […] On an ecumenical level, non-Catholics will also be infinitely enriched by everything the book has to offer. […] Artists, architects, students, and concerned connoisseurs will surely want a copy of the book for all the valuable information and unparalleled pleasure it provides. In addition, in my opinion, no community or institutional library should consider itself an adequate resource without a copy or two on hand, both for general reference use and for the pursuit of whole hearted personal satisfaction by its constituents.\"<p><p>Burton Wasserman, Art Matters<p><p>\"The book is a unique achievement. Its execution is magnificent. Bravo!\"<p><p>Rodger Van Allen, American Catholic Studies<p><p>\"This is a weighty book in every sense of the term. […] [I]t is a feast for the eye and an intellectual banquet as well. […] The scholarly apparatus for each chapter is formidable. Readers who wish to pursue the subject of stained glass have all the clues necessary to penetrate the labyrinth of history, theology, and spirituality that lies beneath the stained glass of Philadelphia's churches. […] This is a scholarly work that I am sure will take its place as a classic in the special niche of studies devoted to the Church in Philadelphia.\"<p><p>Thomas J. McManus, Catholic Historical Review<p><p><p>\"There are extensive endnotes; in fact, the endnotes are not to be missed as they apply another level of understanding to the text. […] The one case study was particularly interesting, as the pre-Vatican II 1950 windows at St. Francis of Assisi, Norristown illustrate the Book of Revelations, which at the time demonstrated the nation's anxiety with post-World War II Communism and the coming of the Atomic era. […] [This book] with incredible photography makes this a 'must have' publication for every stained-glassophile and historian, regardless if one is Catholic and lives in Philadelphia, or not.\"<p><p>Barbara E. Krueger, Quarterly of the Stained Glass Association of America<p><p><p>\"Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia [is] a scholarly and lavishly illustrated book of original research that makes a significant but neglected aspect of ecclesial, national, and regional cultural patrimony accessible to a wide audience. Numerous Catholic churches have been built in this country in the past forty years, but very few can boast of stained-glass windows of the quality set out in this volume.\"<p><p>R. Kevin Seasoltz, Worship")
Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia
Farnsworth, Jean, Carmen R. Croce, and Joseph F. Chorpenning
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002. Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia tells the remarkable story of the thousands of stained-glass windows made in America, England, France,.. more
Price: $70.00
![Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction poses the question: What must city government do to make the City of Philadelphia a preferred place to live, work, and play into the next century? Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel and his associates in the City Controller's Office treat the reader to an extraordinary insider's account of the inner workings of city government, utilize sophisticated modeling techniques to present a vision of Philadelphia's future, and present a plethora of novel ideas for improving the city for the 21st-century. It presents the fullest assessment to date of the overall economic, governmental, and social dynamics shaping Philadelphia and the region; serves as a primer to understanding city government and public policy for citizens, policy professionals, and elected leaders alike; and convincingly demonstrates the interconnectedness of the city and its suburbs.<p><p>Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction, Second Edition builds upon the impressive work of the initial publication and presents an update of Philadelphia's economic, budgetary, and social condition. It tracks the progress of the recommendations for action to improve Philadelphia offered in the first edition. Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel and his staff explore recent and relevant opportunities and challenges facing the city, such as Homeland Security and Environmental Sustainability. Credible and creative proposals to preserve and enhance the quality-of-life for Philadelphians are advanced to ensure that the city is, and remains to be, a preferred place to live, work, and visit.<p><p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p><p>Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction received the 1999 "Special Project Award" from the National Association of Local Government Auditors. The unprecedented consideration of the "state of the City" was declared a "must read" for all local government audit professionals. The Philadelphia project, a massive review of the City's governance, was cited as a fascinating, forward thinking analysis full of clever and convincing arguments and theories, as well as being packed with relevant data.<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"With this book, Jonathan Saidel and the Controller's Office make an important contribution to the debate about the future of Philadelphia and all cities. Through two terms as Mayor, my Administration has moved Philadelphia in the right direction. The concepts and ideas put forth in this book can fuel discussion designed to continue this progress."<p><p>The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"We can wholeheartedly endorse the boast in the book's blurb that it is 'an extraordinary insider's account of the inner workings of city government.' [...] This is a fascinating book at many levels, and not merely for those interested in the specific case of Philadelphia: most of its lessons can be applied to any metropolis. [...] In summary, this is a valuable contribution to urban history and social science. Congratulations to Saint Joseph's University Press for having tackled such an innovative venture.<p><p>Philip Jenkins (The Pennsylvania State University), Pennsylvania History<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"It is refreshing to read an analysis of the issues facing Philadelphia coupled with a charge to its government that it can make a difference. If the city government were to adopt this process as a means of shaping its programs, the results would be truly revolutionary. Saidel's presentation combines traditional liberal government policies (addressing community needs) with conservative operating assumptions (the city as business) and a communitarian ethic (the government is responsible to the people, and should be evaluated by the quality of its work). What Saidel promises, he provides, in a well-written and engaging style. It should be of interest for all those who are concerned about the future of Philadelphia."<p><p>David Bartelt, Professor and Chair, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University<p><p><p>____________________<p>](/sjupress/images/items/120x500/30.jpg "Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction poses the question: What must city government do to make the City of Philadelphia a preferred place to live, work, and play into the next century? Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel and his associates in the City Controller's Office treat the reader to an extraordinary insider's account of the inner workings of city government, utilize sophisticated modeling techniques to present a vision of Philadelphia's future, and present a plethora of novel ideas for improving the city for the 21st-century. It presents the fullest assessment to date of the overall economic, governmental, and social dynamics shaping Philadelphia and the region; serves as a primer to understanding city government and public policy for citizens, policy professionals, and elected leaders alike; and convincingly demonstrates the interconnectedness of the city and its suburbs.<p><p>Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction, Second Edition builds upon the impressive work of the initial publication and presents an update of Philadelphia's economic, budgetary, and social condition. It tracks the progress of the recommendations for action to improve Philadelphia offered in the first edition. Philadelphia City Controller Jonathan Saidel and his staff explore recent and relevant opportunities and challenges facing the city, such as Homeland Security and Environmental Sustainability. Credible and creative proposals to preserve and enhance the quality-of-life for Philadelphians are advanced to ensure that the city is, and remains to be, a preferred place to live, work, and visit.<p><p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p><p>Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction received the 1999 \"Special Project Award\" from the National Association of Local Government Auditors. The unprecedented consideration of the \"state of the City\" was declared a \"must read\" for all local government audit professionals. The Philadelphia project, a massive review of the City's governance, was cited as a fascinating, forward thinking analysis full of clever and convincing arguments and theories, as well as being packed with relevant data.<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"With this book, Jonathan Saidel and the Controller's Office make an important contribution to the debate about the future of Philadelphia and all cities. Through two terms as Mayor, my Administration has moved Philadelphia in the right direction. The concepts and ideas put forth in this book can fuel discussion designed to continue this progress.\"<p><p>The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"We can wholeheartedly endorse the boast in the book's blurb that it is 'an extraordinary insider's account of the inner workings of city government.' [...] This is a fascinating book at many levels, and not merely for those interested in the specific case of Philadelphia: most of its lessons can be applied to any metropolis. [...] In summary, this is a valuable contribution to urban history and social science. Congratulations to Saint Joseph's University Press for having tackled such an innovative venture.<p><p>Philip Jenkins (The Pennsylvania State University), Pennsylvania History<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"It is refreshing to read an analysis of the issues facing Philadelphia coupled with a charge to its government that it can make a difference. If the city government were to adopt this process as a means of shaping its programs, the results would be truly revolutionary. Saidel's presentation combines traditional liberal government policies (addressing community needs) with conservative operating assumptions (the city as business) and a communitarian ethic (the government is responsible to the people, and should be evaluated by the quality of its work). What Saidel promises, he provides, in a well-written and engaging style. It should be of interest for all those who are concerned about the future of Philadelphia.\"<p><p>David Bartelt, Professor and Chair, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University<p><p><p>____________________<p>")
Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction
Saidel, Jonathan, Marisa Waxman, & Anthony Di Martino
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2005. Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction poses the question: What must city government do to make the City of Philadelphia a.. more
Price: $38.00
![The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540&1773 is the first survey ever published of the Jesuits' global artistic enterprise in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, from the foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540 to its suppression in 1773. Here the Jesuits' extraordinary commitment to the arts — the subject of a groundswell of recent scholarly work — comes spectacularly alive, with 476 full color, high resolution images of Jesuit buildings, paintings, sculpture, theatrical sets, and music from around the globe, many of them published here for the first time. No other book dealing with this aspect of the Jesuits' activities is as comprehensive or as profusely illustrated. Authors of the twelve essays are leading specialists from Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Argentina, and the United States; some of them are published here in English for the first time.<p><p>After John W. O'Malley's introductory essay "The Cultural Mission of the Society of Jesus," Giovanni Sale discusses first the principles that guided the Jesuits in design and construction of their churches and residences, and then, in a second essay, the tension between the Jesuits and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the imperious patron of their most important church, the Gesù in Rome. With a dazzling command of his material, Richard Bösel next takes the reader on an architectural tour of Jesuit churches, chapels, schools, residences, and meeting halls in Europe, spanning the Continent from France to Slovakia, from Spain to Poland and Lithuania, and from Rome to Antwerp. Gauvin Alexander Bailey leads a similar tour to show the influence of Italian painting on Jesuit art throughout Europe, after which Heinz Pfeiffer discusses Jesuit iconography and, especially, the often-frustrating efforts of the Jesuits to obtain a "true" portrait of Saint Ignatius. Marcello Fagiolo presents one of the least known but most fascinating aspects of Jesuit engagement with the arts: the construction of elaborate temporary "stages" in their churches for the celebration of the Eucharistic devotion of the "Forty Hours."<p><p>The volume takes leave of Europe with a theological-historical essay by Philippe Lécrivain on the Jesuit missions in Paraguay and China, which is followed by Ramón Gutiérrez and Graciela Maria Viñuales on the Jesuits' artistic and architectural legacy in Spanish America. Bailey returns with an essay on Jesuit art in Asia and another on Jesuit art in North America, specifically New France and Maryland. The volume concludes with T. Frank Kennedy on "The Jesuits and Music."<p><p>Although much of this volume first appeared in Italian, French, and Spanish in a version edited by Giovanni Sale in 2003, the English-language version has further edited and updated many of the chapters (some of them radically), added the chapter on the Jesuits in North America, included many new color images, greatly expanded the captions, and brought up to date and amplified the bibliographies. In many significant ways, The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540&1773 is a new book. Because of generous subventions toward publication, Saint Joseph's University Press is able to offer this sumptuous volume at an affordable price.<p><p>John O'Malley, S.J., ed., and Gauvin Alexander Bailey, ed.<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>John W. O'Malley, S.J., is Distinguished Professor of Church History at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A specialist in the religious culture of early modern Europe, he is Past President of the American Catholic Historical Association and of the Renaissance Society of America, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the American Philosophical Society, and Fellow of the Accademia di San Carlo, Ambrosian Library, Milan. In 2002 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and in 2005 the corresponding award from the Renaissance Society of America. His latest book is Four Cultures of the West (Harvard, 2004).<p><p><p>Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. A specialist in Jesuit art patronage in Renaissance and Baroque Italy, Latin America, and Asia, he has written over fifty articles and authored or co-authored six books on the subject, including his Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America (1999), winner of the Bainton Prize in Art History, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 (2003), and Art of Colonial Latin America (2005). He is currently working on a new book entitled Andean Forms and Symbolism in the "Mestizo Style" Architecture of Colonial Peru. Bailey has been a fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and Smithsonian Institution.<p><p>Giovanni Sale, S.J., is director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome. He is also a member of the editorial board of La Civiltà Cattolica and teaches contemporary church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from which he received his doctorate in ecclesiastical history. He has published numerous articles in a variety of journals, as well as authored or edited more than a half&dozen books, including Pauperismo architettonico e architettura gesuitica (2001); La Civiltà Cattolica nella crisi modernista (2001); Dalla Monarchia alla Repubblica (2002); Hitler, la Santa Sede e gli ebrei (2004); De Gasperi, gli USA e il Vaticano all´inizio della guerra fredda (2005); Popolari e destra cattolica al tempo di Benedetto XV (2005).<p><p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p>"The book's scholarship is more than matched by the full-color images that crowd every page. Quite simply, this is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. It continues the new tradition of richly made books from St. Joseph's University Press, which published another lovely book in 2002 entitled Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, whose prosaic title belies the book's depth of scholarship and beauty of its pages."<p><p>James Martin, S.J., America<p><p>____________________<p><p>"St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia deserves kudos for revamping this volume on Jesuit art, which was published in French, Italian, and Spanish editions in 2004. Brilliantly reproduced with color illustrations, this is a feast for both the eye and the mind, made all the more appealing by its modest price. […] John O'Malley, the doyen of Jesuit studies in this country, explains how the original Jesuits ended up with such a deep artistic heritage. […] Jesuits and the Arts includes excellent chapters on the society's original churches in Rome, the Gesù and Sant'Ignazio […] There are excellent pages on the devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, and ample illustrations of the emerging devotions of the 'Forty Hours' and to the Sacred Heart. […] Jesuits and the Arts also pays fair attention to Jesuit drama, and ends with an excellent essay on the Jesuits and music. This book will interest those who love the arts, and those fascinated by the Catholic experience as refracted through the charism of the followers of Ignatius of Loyola."<p><p>Lawrence S. Cunningham, Commonweal<p><p>____________________<p><p>"This lavishly illustrated volume contains a survey of the Jesuits' artistic efforts and accomplishments in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from the foundation of the Society in 1540 until its suppression in 1773. […] This handsome volume, offered at a very affordable price, concludes with bibliographical references for each chapter and a detailed index."<p><p>R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B., Worship<p> ____________________<p><p>"This encyclopedic volume contains an almost world-wide survey of the artistic enterprise of the Society of Jesus, for its inception in 1540 to its suppression in 1773; and it is essential reading for anyone working on the arts of this period. […] It is superbly illustrated, in colour, and contains 184 new images, some of which are published here for the first time. […] Collectively these essays are a monumental testimony to Ignatius' caveat that the Society's 'way of proceeding' be carried out 'as will seem best according to places, persons, and circumstances.' The ability of the Society to receive the inspirations of others and to assimilate local customs is an important counterbalance to the view expressed in other recent scholarship […] that the purpose of imagery adopted by the Society was essentially 'to create subjects' and that the control of this imagery was in an important sense mono-directional."<p><p>Jane Eade, The Way<p><p>____________________<p><p>"Turning to The Jesuits and the Arts, one's very senses are at first overwhelmed by variety and abundance. This is a direct consequence of the volume's handsome size and format together with the sheer number of fabulously reproduced color illustrations. […] As authors of standard works on, respectively, the early history of the Jesuits and the global artistic patronage of the Order before its suppression, O'Malley and Bailey are very well placed to give coherence to the volume. […] Although this volume has its origins as an Italian book: Ignazio e l'arte dei Gesuiti (2003), edited by Giovanni Sale, the changes and additions to this translation make it effectively a new one. Many of the chapters have been updated, with a pioneering one added by Bailey on North America. In addition, there are 184 new images in respect of the Italian original and both the captions and the bibliography have been expanded and revised. The result represents, without any shadow of doubt, a triumphantly successful tour d'horizon of both the world-wide scope and protean nature of the Jesuit artistic enterprise, which deserves to become a fundamental point of reference not only for interested scholars but also for the general reader (footnotes have been eschewed and references kept to impressively up-to-date chapter-by-chapter bibliographies at the end of the volume)."<p><p>Simon Ditchfield, Catholic Historical Review<p><p>____________________<p><p>"Meticulously compiled and deftly edited, […] The Jesuits and the Arts: 1540-1773 is a beautifully illustrated historical survey of the Jesuits' artistic enterprise in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia from the foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540 to its suppression in 1773. […] An important and core addition to academic library Art History and Jesuit Studies reference collections, The Jesuits and the Arts: 1540-1773 is an impressive compendium of erudite scholarship that is as accessible to the non-specialist general reader with an interest in art history, as it is of seminal value to students of Jesuit history and their influence on Catholic church art and architecture."<p><p>Library Bookwatch<p><p>____________________<p><p>"This book is a translation and expansion of a 2003 compendium entitled Ignazio e l'Arte dei Gesuiti. The editors of the new volume have improved on the original by adding copious illustrations and a section on Jesuit activity in North America. […] this volume is a great resource. Strung together, the essays constitute a comprehensive survey of the topic. The publisher was generous with the number of illustrations, giving researchers, teachers, and students a ready visual corpus with which to work. […] The Jesuits and the Arts is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in looking at the global activity of the Jesuits, the early modern period's greatest communicators."<p><p>James G. Harper, Renaissance Quarterly<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"First, this is a lavish volume with large format pages, bristling with high quality color illustrations. The breadth of material in architecture, stage design, biography, past and present spirituality, music, painting, sculpture, and printmaking is enormous. The visual impact of the volume speaks more eloquently than any text to demonstrate the interrelated elements of Jesuit culture."<p><p>Virginia Chieffo Raguin, American Catholic Studies<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"The art and culture of the Jesuits has been enjoying a scholarly boom during the past decade, and much of it has been sparked by the work of the two editors of this volume. […] Now St. Joseph's University Press offers what could be a primer with essays by these same authorities and nine others in a lavishly produced, richly illustrated volume, whose up-to-date bibliography is a guide for any further research. […] In short, this is a treasure trove for art historians, both in its authoritative essays, luxurious color illustrations of often unfamiliar sites and objects, and an ample current bibliography. The importance of the Jesuit contributions to the arts had already been strongly reasserted by O'Malley and Bailey, but their new, single-volume survey provides both a summa and a definitive reference point."<p><p>Larry Silver, Sixteenth Century Journal<p>____________________<p><p>"In the context of the ever-increasing interest in the influence of the Bible on the arts, this is a most timely and really superb contribution. […] The book has very many features to commend itself: first, the editors and the Order are to be congratulated for their imagination in bringing this book into existence — there is a very real need for more books of this kind that celebrate the unique and unsurpassable contribution of the Catholic Church to the arts, especially the religious orders. […] It is very lavishly illustrated. […] But most of all, one gets the impression that this is the most authoritatively edited book by two of the most eminent scholars in North America […] It really is a superb publication."<p><p>Martin O'Kane , Scripture Bulletin<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>"The Jesuits and the Arts is a big, beautiful and useful book. In 475 lushly illustrated pages, its eleven contributors chronicle and analyze the role of image and imagination in Jesuit preaching, teaching, and missionary activities before the Society's suppression in 1773. […] The book itself is a technicolor spectacle. […] Carmen Croce and the staff at St. Joseph's University Press are to be commended for designing an elegant and sumptuous volume worthy of the tradition it celebrates."<p><p>Thomas Lucas, S.J., Conversations<p><p>____________________<p>](/sjupress/images/items/120x500/23.jpg "The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540&1773 is the first survey ever published of the Jesuits' global artistic enterprise in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, from the foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540 to its suppression in 1773. Here the Jesuits' extraordinary commitment to the arts — the subject of a groundswell of recent scholarly work — comes spectacularly alive, with 476 full color, high resolution images of Jesuit buildings, paintings, sculpture, theatrical sets, and music from around the globe, many of them published here for the first time. No other book dealing with this aspect of the Jesuits' activities is as comprehensive or as profusely illustrated. Authors of the twelve essays are leading specialists from Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Argentina, and the United States; some of them are published here in English for the first time.<p><p>After John W. O'Malley's introductory essay \"The Cultural Mission of the Society of Jesus,\" Giovanni Sale discusses first the principles that guided the Jesuits in design and construction of their churches and residences, and then, in a second essay, the tension between the Jesuits and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the imperious patron of their most important church, the Gesù in Rome. With a dazzling command of his material, Richard Bösel next takes the reader on an architectural tour of Jesuit churches, chapels, schools, residences, and meeting halls in Europe, spanning the Continent from France to Slovakia, from Spain to Poland and Lithuania, and from Rome to Antwerp. Gauvin Alexander Bailey leads a similar tour to show the influence of Italian painting on Jesuit art throughout Europe, after which Heinz Pfeiffer discusses Jesuit iconography and, especially, the often-frustrating efforts of the Jesuits to obtain a \"true\" portrait of Saint Ignatius. Marcello Fagiolo presents one of the least known but most fascinating aspects of Jesuit engagement with the arts: the construction of elaborate temporary \"stages\" in their churches for the celebration of the Eucharistic devotion of the \"Forty Hours.\"<p><p>The volume takes leave of Europe with a theological-historical essay by Philippe Lécrivain on the Jesuit missions in Paraguay and China, which is followed by Ramón Gutiérrez and Graciela Maria Viñuales on the Jesuits' artistic and architectural legacy in Spanish America. Bailey returns with an essay on Jesuit art in Asia and another on Jesuit art in North America, specifically New France and Maryland. The volume concludes with T. Frank Kennedy on \"The Jesuits and Music.\"<p><p>Although much of this volume first appeared in Italian, French, and Spanish in a version edited by Giovanni Sale in 2003, the English-language version has further edited and updated many of the chapters (some of them radically), added the chapter on the Jesuits in North America, included many new color images, greatly expanded the captions, and brought up to date and amplified the bibliographies. In many significant ways, The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540&1773 is a new book. Because of generous subventions toward publication, Saint Joseph's University Press is able to offer this sumptuous volume at an affordable price.<p><p>John O'Malley, S.J., ed., and Gauvin Alexander Bailey, ed.<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>John W. O'Malley, S.J., is Distinguished Professor of Church History at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A specialist in the religious culture of early modern Europe, he is Past President of the American Catholic Historical Association and of the Renaissance Society of America, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the American Philosophical Society, and Fellow of the Accademia di San Carlo, Ambrosian Library, Milan. In 2002 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and in 2005 the corresponding award from the Renaissance Society of America. His latest book is Four Cultures of the West (Harvard, 2004).<p><p><p>Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. A specialist in Jesuit art patronage in Renaissance and Baroque Italy, Latin America, and Asia, he has written over fifty articles and authored or co-authored six books on the subject, including his Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America (1999), winner of the Bainton Prize in Art History, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 (2003), and Art of Colonial Latin America (2005). He is currently working on a new book entitled Andean Forms and Symbolism in the \"Mestizo Style\" Architecture of Colonial Peru. Bailey has been a fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and Smithsonian Institution.<p><p>Giovanni Sale, S.J., is director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome. He is also a member of the editorial board of La Civiltà Cattolica and teaches contemporary church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from which he received his doctorate in ecclesiastical history. He has published numerous articles in a variety of journals, as well as authored or edited more than a half&dozen books, including Pauperismo architettonico e architettura gesuitica (2001); La Civiltà Cattolica nella crisi modernista (2001); Dalla Monarchia alla Repubblica (2002); Hitler, la Santa Sede e gli ebrei (2004); De Gasperi, gli USA e il Vaticano all´inizio della guerra fredda (2005); Popolari e destra cattolica al tempo di Benedetto XV (2005).<p><p>____________________<p><p>This book is considered an Oversize Book and ships for $9.00 + $2.00 for each additional copy.<p><p>To view accurate shipping costs, please select UPS Ground - Oversize Books as your Shipping Method.<p>______________________________________________________________________<p><p>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<p><p>\"The book's scholarship is more than matched by the full-color images that crowd every page. Quite simply, this is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. It continues the new tradition of richly made books from St. Joseph's University Press, which published another lovely book in 2002 entitled Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia, whose prosaic title belies the book's depth of scholarship and beauty of its pages.\"<p><p>James Martin, S.J., America<p><p>____________________<p><p>\"St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia deserves kudos for revamping this volume on Jesuit art, which was published in French, Italian, and Spanish editions in 2004. Brilliantly reproduced with color illustrations, this is a feast for both the eye and the mind, made all the more appealing by its modest price. […] John O'Malley, the doyen of Jesuit studies in this country, explains how the original Jesuits ended up with such a deep artistic heritage. […] Jesuits and the Arts includes excellent chapters on the society's original churches in Rome, the Gesù and Sant'Ignazio […] There are excellent pages on the devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, and ample illustrations of the emerging devotions of the 'Forty Hours' and to the Sacred Heart. […] Jesuits and the Arts also pays fair attention to Jesuit drama, and ends with an excellent essay on the Jesuits and music. This book will interest those who love the arts, and those fascinated by the Catholic experience as refracted through the charism of the followers of Ignatius of Loyola.\"<p><p>Lawrence S. Cunningham, Commonweal<p><p>____________________<p><p>\"This lavishly illustrated volume contains a survey of the Jesuits' artistic efforts and accomplishments in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from the foundation of the Society in 1540 until its suppression in 1773. […] This handsome volume, offered at a very affordable price, concludes with bibliographical references for each chapter and a detailed index.\"<p><p>R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B., Worship<p> ____________________<p><p>\"This encyclopedic volume contains an almost world-wide survey of the artistic enterprise of the Society of Jesus, for its inception in 1540 to its suppression in 1773; and it is essential reading for anyone working on the arts of this period. […] It is superbly illustrated, in colour, and contains 184 new images, some of which are published here for the first time. […] Collectively these essays are a monumental testimony to Ignatius' caveat that the Society's 'way of proceeding' be carried out 'as will seem best according to places, persons, and circumstances.' The ability of the Society to receive the inspirations of others and to assimilate local customs is an important counterbalance to the view expressed in other recent scholarship […] that the purpose of imagery adopted by the Society was essentially 'to create subjects' and that the control of this imagery was in an important sense mono-directional.\"<p><p>Jane Eade, The Way<p><p>____________________<p><p>\"Turning to The Jesuits and the Arts, one's very senses are at first overwhelmed by variety and abundance. This is a direct consequence of the volume's handsome size and format together with the sheer number of fabulously reproduced color illustrations. […] As authors of standard works on, respectively, the early history of the Jesuits and the global artistic patronage of the Order before its suppression, O'Malley and Bailey are very well placed to give coherence to the volume. […] Although this volume has its origins as an Italian book: Ignazio e l'arte dei Gesuiti (2003), edited by Giovanni Sale, the changes and additions to this translation make it effectively a new one. Many of the chapters have been updated, with a pioneering one added by Bailey on North America. In addition, there are 184 new images in respect of the Italian original and both the captions and the bibliography have been expanded and revised. The result represents, without any shadow of doubt, a triumphantly successful tour d'horizon of both the world-wide scope and protean nature of the Jesuit artistic enterprise, which deserves to become a fundamental point of reference not only for interested scholars but also for the general reader (footnotes have been eschewed and references kept to impressively up-to-date chapter-by-chapter bibliographies at the end of the volume).\"<p><p>Simon Ditchfield, Catholic Historical Review<p><p>____________________<p><p>\"Meticulously compiled and deftly edited, […] The Jesuits and the Arts: 1540-1773 is a beautifully illustrated historical survey of the Jesuits' artistic enterprise in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia from the foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540 to its suppression in 1773. […] An important and core addition to academic library Art History and Jesuit Studies reference collections, The Jesuits and the Arts: 1540-1773 is an impressive compendium of erudite scholarship that is as accessible to the non-specialist general reader with an interest in art history, as it is of seminal value to students of Jesuit history and their influence on Catholic church art and architecture.\"<p><p>Library Bookwatch<p><p>____________________<p><p>\"This book is a translation and expansion of a 2003 compendium entitled Ignazio e l'Arte dei Gesuiti. The editors of the new volume have improved on the original by adding copious illustrations and a section on Jesuit activity in North America. […] this volume is a great resource. Strung together, the essays constitute a comprehensive survey of the topic. The publisher was generous with the number of illustrations, giving researchers, teachers, and students a ready visual corpus with which to work. […] The Jesuits and the Arts is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in looking at the global activity of the Jesuits, the early modern period's greatest communicators.\"<p><p>James G. Harper, Renaissance Quarterly<p><p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"First, this is a lavish volume with large format pages, bristling with high quality color illustrations. The breadth of material in architecture, stage design, biography, past and present spirituality, music, painting, sculpture, and printmaking is enormous. The visual impact of the volume speaks more eloquently than any text to demonstrate the interrelated elements of Jesuit culture.\"<p><p>Virginia Chieffo Raguin, American Catholic Studies<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"The art and culture of the Jesuits has been enjoying a scholarly boom during the past decade, and much of it has been sparked by the work of the two editors of this volume. […] Now St. Joseph's University Press offers what could be a primer with essays by these same authorities and nine others in a lavishly produced, richly illustrated volume, whose up-to-date bibliography is a guide for any further research. […] In short, this is a treasure trove for art historians, both in its authoritative essays, luxurious color illustrations of often unfamiliar sites and objects, and an ample current bibliography. The importance of the Jesuit contributions to the arts had already been strongly reasserted by O'Malley and Bailey, but their new, single-volume survey provides both a summa and a definitive reference point.\"<p><p>Larry Silver, Sixteenth Century Journal<p>____________________<p><p>\"In the context of the ever-increasing interest in the influence of the Bible on the arts, this is a most timely and really superb contribution. […] The book has very many features to commend itself: first, the editors and the Order are to be congratulated for their imagination in bringing this book into existence — there is a very real need for more books of this kind that celebrate the unique and unsurpassable contribution of the Catholic Church to the arts, especially the religious orders. […] It is very lavishly illustrated. […] But most of all, one gets the impression that this is the most authoritatively edited book by two of the most eminent scholars in North America […] It really is a superb publication.\"<p><p>Martin O'Kane , Scripture Bulletin<p><p>____________________<p><p><p>\"The Jesuits and the Arts is a big, beautiful and useful book. In 475 lushly illustrated pages, its eleven contributors chronicle and analyze the role of image and imagination in Jesuit preaching, teaching, and missionary activities before the Society's suppression in 1773. […] The book itself is a technicolor spectacle. […] Carmen Croce and the staff at St. Joseph's University Press are to be commended for designing an elegant and sumptuous volume worthy of the tradition it celebrates.\"<p><p>Thomas Lucas, S.J., Conversations<p><p>____________________<p>")
Jesuits and the Arts, The - 1540-1773
O'Malley, John & Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2005. The Jesuits and the Arts, 1540&1773 is the first survey ever published of the Jesuits' global artistic enterprise in Europe,.. more
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