Gathering Souls: Jesuit Missions and Missionaries in Oceania (1668–1945) : Brill's Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies)

This essay deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today's Micronesia from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. In order to understand the Jesuits' evangelization project of gathering souls in the Oceanic archipelagos, it is important to place them into the broader context of Philippine politics.