A good book about Jesuits

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I’ve acquired the book “Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church” by John L. Allen. It’s regarded as probably the best book about Opus Dei according to critics…

what would be recommend as equivalent about Jesuits? Or what is regarded as the “best” book about Jesuits according to critics?

Any Suggestions?

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jesuits run the gamut of orthodoxy (just picking random examples) from father mitch pacwa to fathers p & d barrigan

take your pick which you prefer

i respect the jesuits; some of the liberal unorthodoxy is not for me

3 of my brothers went to jesuit universities, so i feel that i am qualified to offer an opinion on this issue
 
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I’m sorry.

I didn’t understand your suggestion :(. (English is not my native language)

Clarifying: I want something like the other book about Opus Dei i mentioned. Something that one can read having the idea that it’s one of the best. Something that deals with the history, myths and the reality. But i don’t want books from people that have an opinion pro or against, but a book i can rely on. That contains truth, facts. Not stories dedicated cast black shadows and crazy conspiracy theories.

were you suggesting authors?
 
I’d suggest “Jesuits” by Jean Lacouture. It’s comprehensive, seems to be written from a third party viewpoint (as opposed to a more recent book written by a Jesuit, and is not written by one of the sensational authors like Malachi Martin. Obviously you want to avoid any book going on about conspiracy or portraying a swastika on the front cover or any of that biased stuff.

Disclaimer: It is 550 pages long, so probably only for those with a serious interest in the subject who are willing to put in the time to read that much.
 
The Lacoutre book is the same to my knowledge, just different editions published by different companies in different countries. I have an older edition of it that doesn’t look like either one of those two.
 
I agree with you that John Allen’s book is fair and objective, unlike most books that are biased one way or the other. I also would like to see an objective book on the Jesuits. The problem is that there is no way of avoiding certain realities: that the Jesuits are shrinking rapidly, and that Jesuit founded universities are now almost as secular as State universities.

That is not the totality of current state of the Jesuits. There are bright spots, like their newer schools in the inner cities. But any book that ignores this is not credible.
 
Thank you all for your help! 🙂

About Jesuits: Missions, Myths and Histories: has anyone read it?
Is it biased in anyway?
And anyone knows if the information in it already in Lacouture’s?
 
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