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Transformational Ethics: The Concept of Obedience in Post-Conciliar Jesuit Thinking
Antje Schnoor
Religions, 2019
The paper sheds light on the change in the concept of obedience within the Society of Jesus since the 1960s. In the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, a so-called crisis of authority and obedience took place in the Catholic Church and the religious orders. As a consequence, the notions of responsibility and conscience came to the fore in the Jesuit definition of obedience. The religious concept of obedience, that is the obedience towards God, was reassessed as a service to humanity. The paper analyzes how the change in the concept of obedience gave rise to the promotion of social justice, which the Society of Jesus proclaimed at General Congregation 32 in 1974/75. By including the promotion of social justice into their central mission, Jesuits not only fundamentally transformed their self-conception, but also their ethical values. The paper argues that the pursuit of social justice became a form of religious obedience.
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The Twentieth-Century Construction of Ignatian Spirituality: A Sketch
Timothy O'Brien
Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits , 2020
co-authored with John W. O'Malley, S.J.
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Obedience in the Church and in the Society of Jesus
Jörg Nies
The International Symposia on Jesuit Studies, 2023
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Governing the Early Modern Society of Jesus. Concepts, Structures, Issues, and Critical Voices, in: Studies in Jesuit Spirituality 41/1 (2009), S. 1-42
Markus Friedrich
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Obedience for Mission, Mission in Obedience: A Jesuit Contemplative-Active Way of Proceeding
antoine ren
The Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute, 2020
Obedience and mission are two essential elements which determine the particular Jesuit way of proceeding. The first characterizes Jesuits’ identity; the latter is the goal of their existence. For the Jesuits, obedience is more of an interior disposition corresponding to the original meaning of obedience - “listen to”: vertically, Jesuits listen to God, that is to discern and to do His will; horizontally, they “listen to” or try to understand the people to whom they are sent to serve. This interior disposition or capability of listening implies a process of discernment which can only be acquired by contemplation. As the will of God is nothing other than His love for the world, the Jesuits’ mission consists in showing this love of God to the world. That is why Jesuits are “contemplatives in action”. Based on analysis of the fundamental documents of the Society of Jesus - the Spiritual Exercises and the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, this paper will show how Jesuits obey and carry out their mission in a contemplative-active way of proceeding, and how their obedience correlates with their mission.
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Debating Obedience in an Early Modern Context
Silvia Mostaccio
Claudio Aquaviva's Generalate (1581-1615) and the Emergence of Modern Catholicism, edited by Pierre-Antoine Fabre and Flavio Rurale, The Institute of Jesuit Sources St. Luis - Boston College, 2017, pp. 59-80., 2017
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The Understanding and Practice of Authority and Obedience by a Selected Group of Women Religious: An Australian Study
Rosie Joyce
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Are Informationes Ethical?
James Keenan
Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, 2013
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Signed in Blood. Negotiating with Superiors General about the Overseas Missions
Elisa Frei
Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, 2019
The Roman archives of the Society of Jesus hold over fifteen thousand letters written by young Jesuits to their general superiors in which they ask to be sent to the foreign missions. The letters, which predate the universal suppression of the Society in 1773, provide modern researchers an astonishing wealth of resources for learning about the spiritualities and personalities of these Jesuits. Often edifying, sometimes disconcerting, the letters also lay bare the reasons why many young men chose to enter the Society and why some of them eventually left.
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Accounting controls at the Society of Jesus – 1646 to 2005
Martin Quinn
Journal of Management History, 2021
Purpose This paper aims to detail the evolution of accounting controls conveyed as written rules at the Society of Jesus from the middle of the 17th century to the present day. Design/methodology/approach An analytically structured history approach is adopted. Four “Instructions” are analysed in detail and institutional theory is used as a lens to examine influences on accounting control rules over time. Findings The analysis reveals that accounting control rules maintained a core stability over time but were adapted and extended according to internal and external factors. Changes to the rules were thus mostly evolutionary. Influenced by mainly external factors, over the years the rules have become more detailed and accompanied by more practical guidance. Originality/value This study provides an analysis of the evolution of accounting control rules at the Society of Jesus, which thus far has not been presented. It provides insights on how the rules introduced more clarity and highli...
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