The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: Saint Ignatius' Profound Precepts of Mystical Theology (Image Classics)
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Is it time to take your spiritual pulse, re-orient yourself to your Creator, and seek His guidance to live your faith more seriously? The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola outline the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0385024363
ISBN13:9780385024365
Release Date:February 1964
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.47 lbs.
Dimensions:8.3" x 0.6" x 5.5"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
very satisfied
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This book is the ultimate authentic guide for using the spiritual exercises of Ignatius within the context of a retreat. I am planning on doing just that.
SJ
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
A guide to the inner soul. This is not a work that is easy to grasp, which makes it all the more a blessing.
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Book was very interesting when I reviewed it. Need more time to get more into it.
A worthwhile buy, but not without some problems
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
George E. Ganss S.J. has produced a nice, modern, readable translation of St. Ignatius Loyola's 'Spiritual Exercises' that the ordinary reader should be comfortable with. In particular, I found the endnotes (Ganss prefers endnotes to footnotes so as not to distract the reader from the flow of the text) most helpful in understanding what St. Ignatius meant in some rather obscure portions of the Exercises. The introductory biography of St. Ignatius also helps place the Exercises in their proper historical and practical context. The one area where the translation is problematic is in the use of inclusive language. While this works for the large part (e.g. in using gender neutral terms when referring to the reader/retreatant - the original text assumes the person making the Exercises is male), it does become theologically problematic when applied to God (e.g. using 'the Divine Majesty' instead of 'His Divine Majesty'). As long as the reader is mindful of such changes, the translation should not present a problem. Overall, a worthwhile buy whether you are simply seeking spiritual growth or as a starting point into Ignatian research.
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