Description: This volume chronicles the engagement of Jesuits with Islam as they encountered it in Europe before their suppression in 1773. Special attention is paid to missionary efforts and to interactions with Muslim societies more generally.
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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.