Jean Luc Enyegue (’18): New Publication
Jean Luc Enyegue published a new book, The Jesuit Ethos: A Social and Spiritual History. The book analyzes how the Jesuits exploited their diversity of cultures and politics to build a global ethos, and how this global organization was sustained for the last five hundred years. Enyegue draws relevant lessons from the past to address the ongoing challenges of the Jesuit global community. While speaking to a broader, global-oriented audience, such a history might be the first of such by an African (thus its originality), in a context of shifting demographics in the Church and the Society of Jesus, and questions about the identity of its institution and mission.
Enyegue is the Director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa, and lectures at Hekima University College in Kenya.