| Powers of Imagining: Ignatius de Loyola: A Philosophical Hermeneutic of Imagining Through the Collected Works of Ignatius de Loyola Contributor(s): de Nicolas, Antonio T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887061109 ISBN-13: 9780887061103 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 248.092 |
| LCCN: 85002739 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.93" W x 8.93" (1.20 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |