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ALCANTARA-BOJORGE, DANTE ALBERTO. Spirituality, Identity and Historical Memory: From the Perspective of the Franciscan and Jesuit Cases. Cuest. teol. [online]. 2020, vol.47, n.108, pp.40-63.  Epub 09-Abr-2021. ISSN 0120-131X.  https://doi.org/10.18566/cueteo.v47n108.a03.

The article addresses the connection between the Order of Friars Minor and the Society of Jesus' spirituality in relation to historical memory. Provided the lack of literature that discusses this subject, the article addresses the issue regarding the link between spirituality and historical memory, to later characterize their Franciscan and Jesuit sides, highlighting similarities and differences. Based on both the writings by their founders, Francis of Assisi and Ignatius of Loyola, and particular cases of the chroniclers of New Spain, the article raises the issue of the influence of spirituality in the internal representations of both religious organizations, as it has been reported in their historical accounts. The article understands historical memory as an intellectual construct, which involved conscious elaboration, highlighting the idea suggested by Pierre Nora in which the concept of "memory" locates the past within the present, giving it life through a deep emotional charge that rests on identities. Likewise, it understands spirituality as a basic, practical, or existential attitude, which in Christian culture is both the result and expression of a Christological view of human life. The article concludes that the spiritual legacy of the founders of these religious organizations, which is established through both their writings and later hagiography, belongs to the elements that meet in shaping a particular corporate identity and in a particular way of proceeding, which is evident in the historiography of both organizations.

Palabras clave : Spirituality; Identity; Historical Memory; Historiography; Chronicles; Franciscans; Jesuits; New Spain; Francis of Assisi; Ignatius of Loyola; Order of Friars Minor; Society of Jesus.

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