Product Description

Ignatius of Loyola-knight and saint, mystic and ascetic, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)-was one of the greatest figures in Western Christianity. This book, written by a psychiatrist-psychoanalyst who is also a Jesuit, is the first work to investigate the inner life of Ignatius and to study the psychological motivations for his spirituality and mysticism.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1847224 in Books
• Published on: 1994-08-31
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.67 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 510 pages

From Publishers Weekly
An authoritative, psychoanalytic biography of the 16th-century saint and founder of the Jesuits.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
This may be the first psychoanalytic biography of Ignatius of Loyola. Jesuit Meissner (psychoanalysis, Boston Coll.) is well qualified for authorship. All aspects of the saint's life are analyzed in detail from a Freudian perspective. In addition to the obviously decisive battle injury, the following are seen as crucial influences: family background, his mother's death when he was an infant, his experience as a knight, and the historical setting of devoutly Catholic 15th- and 16th-century Spain. The book will appeal largely to specialists in psychoanalysis or to those with a deep interest in Ignatius. Nonspecialists will find more information than they want to know. Recommended for theological, seminary, and university libraries.
- Larry Seilhamer, St. Paul's Coll., Lawrenceville, Va.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
Ignatius of Loyola--knight, saint, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)--was one of the greatest figures in Western Christianity. This book, written by a psychiatrist-psychoanalyst who is also a Jesuit, is the first work to look behind the events, accounts, and documents of Ignatius' life and religious experience in order to enter and understand his inner world. 24 illustrations.