Instruments of the Divinity: Providence and Praxis in the Foundation of the Society of Jesus

Product Description


Focusing on Saint Ignatius of Loyola's conception of Jesuits as the instruments of a laboring God,
Instruments of the Divinity explores the philosophical and theological roots of the metaphor of the instrument and its place in the social imaginary of the Jesuit order.


Review


''Food for thought about the mind and heart of a complex individual.''
Paul F. Grendler, University of Toronto. In:
Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2014, p. 1395.



About the Author


Christopher van Ginhoven Rey, Ph.D. (2010), New York University, is Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.