The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

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This course offers both an academic and a practical, personal experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. Students experience the process of the Spiritual Exercises and learn the major emphases of Ignatian spirituality. They reflect, individually and together,on the invitation and the impact of the Exercises upon their lives, including their invitation to work for justice. They experience various forms of prayer. Students write a series of short papers, some analyzing experiences in the Exercises; some reflecting on their experience of prayer,service, and work for justice; one analyzing the thinking of the Exercises by contrast with views from two contemporary academic fields; and one final integrating essay offering what students have learned from making the Exercises in the light of what they know of one culture and what they have learned in their major discipline. P: Critical Issues in Human Inquiry course; Permission of instructor; previous or contemporary experience of work related to service and social justice; Senior standing.