Essays on Jesuits

The Society of Jesus is a religious group that has a history of almost 400 years. Members of this society call themselves Jesuits. Faith and Leadership states that: “The Jesuits have seen the training of religious and lay believers as core to their mission for more than 400 years” (Faith and Leadership 2017). Since Ignatius Loyola is a founder of the organization, most of the educational principles are based on his experience. Education is viewed as the main focus of the society (Jesuits West 2017). Loyola created a set of “spiritual exercises” that help one to understand better oneself ...

An investigation that later was written as a book, Hugh Trevor-Roper’s, “The Last Days of Hitler”, is an account of the last days of the Third Reich, the ever increasing dissolution of the Nazi’s during the last stages of WWII, the chaos in the administration, the animosities, rivalries and suspicions among the Nazi officials and of course about Hitler's last days and suicide. In effect, Trevor-Roper paints a vivid, riveting and honest portrait of Hitler in his final days and gives a genuine analysis of the Nazi regime. Many of Trevor-Roper’s findings in the book has ...

Introduction

The Mughal, or also known as the Mogul, is an empire that reigned in India and Pakistan, between the 16th and 17th Centuries. It was discovered in the year 1526 by prince Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, who was a Chagatai Turkic prince at that time. The Moghul Empire started in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan, which also became the first base of the empire. The rise of the empire was a result of the perpetuating political strife that its founders and leaders had, having an abundance of wealth during their reign. It was an empire found and built upon ...

In essence, the Jesuits sought to be inclusive of various Chinese traditions, within limits, to the Christian faith. For instance, how the Chinese honor their ancestors as well following certain teaching of Confucius. The Jesuits argued this point with the Dominicans and Franciscans, who felt that these secular Chinese beliefs had no compatibility within the confines of Christianity. They were so opposed to this inclusivity, they reported the issue to the Pope. The three points that were argued about in Rome were what Chinese word should be used for “God”, that Christians should not participate in Confucius’ seasonal rites, ...

Question One

When Alessandro Valignano arrival in Japan in the year 1579, the Society of Jesus had constantly been working for more than thirty years. The mission was, however, struggling despite the huge number that was considered to have been influenced by the feudal lords. The leadership of Francisco Cabral was stressful such that the few Jesuits workers were overworked, and therefore, they became frustrated. Francisco Cabral had refused to cater for the needs of Jesuits, and this was seen as a disrespect to the Japanese. After Valignano had arrived in Japan, he saw the way Jesuits were being mistreated through ...

The Japanese and Suzuki resistance at large was as a result of the Buddha's strength that was taking over country by country. Indeed, the Japanese reasoned that there were already many gods that were highly esteemed and worshiped in Japan and hence there was no need to embrace the laws of Christianity. The Buddhist also rejected Christianity as a result of its insistence on worshipping one God rather than following the Japanese process of worship where the ministers or rather gods should be esteemed first before honoring the superior one. The Japanese also rejected Christianity because of their way ...

The imperial rule in China was a proclamation from the leaders, who wanted to establish good trade relationship with the foreign nations like the Great Britain and India. During the reign of emperor leadership of Qing officials, there was relevantly true that the dynasty was in unstable position. In retrospect, the Qing dynasty was the last imperial reign of China that existed for almost three centuries (Da-dui 2). The links that China established with India and Britain was quite lucrative with these nations, thereby making them more attached to it. This is what led to the feeling of maintaining ...