Powers of Imagining: Ignatius de Loyola: A Philosophical Hermeneutic of Imagining Through the Collected Works of Ignatius de Loyola

By Antonio T. De Nicolas

Book Overview

This book presents a new translation of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius de Loyola, of his Spiritual Diary, of his Autobiography, and some of his letters. These translations are introduced by a hermeneutical commentary laying out the theory and practices of the decision-making power of imagining.

Ignatius proposed in his Spiritual Exercises a form of decision-oriented mysticism, and through their use, gathered around him a group of associates who became the first members of the Jesuit Order. Under the control of later, doctrinally oriented theologians, the practical, decision-oriented mystical character of the original Exercises was gradually replaced by a more theoretical and devotional character.

Antonio T. de Nicolas recovers in his translations and through his critical apparatus the original decision-oriented thrust of Ignatius.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887061095
• ISBN13: 9780887061097
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

If interested in the Catholic Church's approach to knowing God via Saint Ignatius or just knowing God, a great book!

Superb!

A powerful, accessible, practical introduction to the heart of Ignatius of Loyola's thought