Ignatian Spirituality

This course is an introduction to a contemporary overview of the Exercises. The dynamics and the thematics of the Exercises are related to some aspects of contemporary Christology, ecclesiology, philosophy, and psychology. An exploration of the stages of the spiritual path, from purification (purgation) through illumination to union, taking the Ignatian Exercises on the one hand, and the Zen path on the other, as case studies.