David J. Collins, SJ, is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Haub Director of Catholic Studies at Georgetown University.
[M]akes the fascinating and complex history of the order accessible to a new generation of readers. * National Catholic Reporter * This is an excellent short history of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, in the US. * CHOICE connect * Collins's ability to interest readers in an ever-changing set of people and events while orienting them to key moments and trends in a welter of shifting imperial, national, and denominational histories is striking. * Journal of Jesuit Studies *