Ignatius for the Perplexed
J. Peter Nixon May 31, 2010 - 9:54am
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
A Spirituality for Real Life
James Martin, SJ
HarperOne, $26.99, 432 pp.
Every so often someone sends me one of those online multiple-choice quizzes that match your personality to a Catholic religious order. No matter what questions they ask, my results are always the same: “You’re a member of the Society of Jesus, a.k.a. the Jesuits!”
I can’t say I’m surprised by the match. Ten years in a Jesuit parish and almost as many years in graduate programs at two Jesuit-run institutions have left me with an unmistakably Ignatian outlook. I’d be fascinated by any...
