The first International Symposium on Jesuit Studies took place in June 2015 at Boston College.
Several scholars were invited to revise their presentations as formal essays, which were then peer reviewed and published in Exploring Jesuit Distinctiveness: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ways of Proceeding within the Society of Jesus. Due to the support of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit studies, this book is available in open access through Brill Publishers. The volume offers an introductory essay and 12 chapters, all of which are available for download at no cost. The chapters include:
Francesco Benci and the Origins of Jesuit Neo-Latin Epic
— Paul Gwynne
— Claudia Schindler
— Jolanta Rzegocka
— Daniele V. Filippi
Priestly Violence, Martyrdom, and Jesuits: The Case of Diego de Alfaro, S.J. (Paraguay 1639)
— Andrew Redden
Colonial Theodicy and the Jesuit Ascetic Ideal in José de Acosta’s Works on Spanish America
— Bryan Green
— Linda Zampol D’Ortia
— Rady Roldán-Figueroa
— Spencer J. Weinreich
Discerning Skills: Psychological Insight at the Core of Jesuit Identity
— Cristiano Casalini
Distinctive Contours of Jesuit Enlightenment in France
— Jeffrey D. Burson
One Century of Science: The Jesuit Journal Brotéria (1902–2002)
— Francisco Malta Romeiras
— Henrique Leitão