Ignatius of Loyola: The Psychology of a Saint - Hardcover

Meissner S.J., W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300051565 ISBN 13: 9780300051568

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0300051565
• ISBN 13: 9780300051568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 510