Powers of Imagining
Author | : Antonio T. de Nicolas |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1986-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781438400648 |
ISBN-13 | : 1438400640 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Download or read book Powers of Imagining written by Antonio T. de Nicolas and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1986-06-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.