An accessible but authoritative guide to the Ignatian spiritual tradition. David Lonsdale draws on the latest scholarship to reveal the context and intentions of the original texts, relating them to the needs and concerns of own times without any loss to their richness and power.In this revised and updated edition of what has become the classic popular introduction to Ignatian spirituality, Lonsdale considers the issues raised by the extraordinary increase in interest in Ignatian spirituality in recent years.