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Does anybody have reliable information on the political influence excerted by this organization? I hear that it is significant, and that the principles of benev
by ganzuul 5y ago
Does anybody have reliable information on the political influence excerted by this organization? I hear that it is significant, and that the principles of benevolence are quickly forgotten during power play.
Specifically I am wondering what career paths are closed off to non-jesuites, in practice because we all know how nice the theory appears to be?
- glutamate 5y agoJesuit political influence was probably at its height with liberation theology in Latin America 1960-1989. This was effectively ended with the assassination of leading Jesuit intellectuals by a US-trained army battalion in 1989 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_murders_of_Jesuits_in_El_Salvador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_murders_of_Jesuits_in_El_...).
- ganzuul 5y agoDo you mean influence in the sense of how often they are mentioned in media? I heard Bill Clinton is Jesuit.
- cafard 5y agoWhat a charming rumor! He did attend a Jesuit university, but somehow didn't make time for the rather extensive training the Jesuits undergo. But now I'm going to have to make an effort not to refer to him as "Bill Clinton, S.J."
- glutamate 5y agoThis is a joke, right? Jesuits are ordained (and therefore unmarried) Roman Catholics. Bill Clinton is none of those things.
- cafard 5y agoThey were extremely influential during the Counter-Reformation. By comparison, their influence in Latin America was limited.