Jesuits and Their Spirituality: Connections with the Older Christian Spiritual Tradition

In Jesuits and Their Spirituality: Connections to Older Christian Spirituality, Rob Faesen S.J. presents a series of chapters that explore the rich diversity of Jesuit spirituality and its connections to earlier Christian traditions. In particular, he examines the relationship with the Devotio Moderna and other northern mystical authors, such as John of Ruusbroec and the Institutiones Taulerianae. Through a number of case studies that focus on figures such as Peter Canisius, Achille Gagliar...