Physical Description:print ix, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Incident in Warsaw -- Part 1: Poland and Rome -- The controversial society -- Civil war in the Society of Jesus -- The warning from the Poles -- The man from the Levant -- Triumphalism at St Peter's -- The headquarters -- Part II. Latin America -- The Argentine taxi-driver -- The old professor -- Rio and the favellas -- Brasilia -- Into Nicaragua -- Salman Rushdie and censorship -- Diplomatic occasions -- The Sandinistas' 'emminence grise' -- The Jesuit Sandinista minister -- The gringo and the Archbishop's pistol -- The Cardinal: departure postponed -- A stormy arrival -- The Anglo-Scot in San Salvador -- Part III. The United States -- A centre of concern -- The Jesuit congressman -- The jolly academic -- The disillusioned don -- Part IV. The Far East -- Francis Xavier -- The mission in the East -- The conservatives in Tokyo -- Chariman Mao's Archbishop prisoner -- Cardinal Sin and the Philippine revolution -- Cory Aquino's 'Jesuit Mafia' -- Part V. India -- Xavier's legacy: the Indian jewel in the Jesuit crown -- The Bombay professor and the tarpaulin-dwellers -- The priest director in Delhi -- The radicals of Poona -- The road to Goa and the casket on the wall -- Part VI. Rome: The end of the quest -- Princes of the church and the general -- Conclusion.
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