Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany

by Jeffrey Chipps Smith

When the Jesuits entered Germany in the 1540s, the Protestant Reformation was on the verge of obliterating a Catholic Church already in tatters. Yet the seemingly imminent collapse never happened, and Catholicism recovered dramatically. This extensively illustrated book explores a key reason why German Catholicism survived and flourished. It provides the first comprehensive treatment of the Jesuits' poorly understood but remarkable revitalization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691090726
• ISBN13: 9780691090726
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.0"