Robert Aleksander Maryks, PhD (2006) in history, Fordham University, is associate professor of history, associate director of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, and editor of Jesuit Sources at Boston College. He has published on various aspects of the history of the Jesuits, including Saint Cicero and the Jesuits (Ashgate, 2008), The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews (Brill, 2009), Pouring Jewish Water into Fascist Wine (Brill, 2011), and A Companion to Ignatius of Loyola (Brill, 2014). He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, the Jesuit Studies book series, Boston College Jesuit Bibliography: The New Sommervogel Online, and Jesuit Historiography Online.

“excellent volume ... a welcome introduction into Jesuit mysticism and beyond.”Philipp Reisner, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2 (summer 2018), pp. 527-529.“Though written by active scholars, the essays in the volume are accessible to non-specialist readers; indeed, though the specialist has something to learn from these texts, they are probably most valuable for newcomers to this field.”Timothy W. O’Brien, S.J. In: The Way, Vol. 57, No. 1 (January 2018), pp. 115-116. “I highly recommend this edited volume for the light it casts on historical and contemporary engagements with Ignatian spirituality, both as an active contemplative tradition of prayer, and as a stepping stone into the mystical traditions of infused prayer and prayer of quiet. […] Readers of this volume—both academics and practitioners—will find these articles challenging, informative, and enriching.”Francis X. McAloon, S.J., Fordham University. In: Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2019), pp. 168-172.

• IntroductionRobert Aleksander Maryks1. The Mysticism of Saint Ignatius of LoyolaDarcy Donahue2. A Controversial Mystic: Father Baltasar ÁlvarezManuel Ruiz Jurado, S.J.3. The Mystical Theology of Luis de la PuenteRady Roldán-Figueroa4. Achille Gagliardi and the Northern MysticsRob FaesenTranslated by John Arblaster and edited by Timothy Page5. Louis Lallemant and his Doctrine spirituelle: Myths and FactsTibor Bartók, S.J.6. Mysticism as an Existential Crisis: Jean-Joseph SurinMoshe Sluhovsky7. Claude La Colombière (1641–82), Marguerite-Marie Alacoque (1647–90), and Devotion to the Sacred HeartWilliam P. O’Brien, S.J.8. Jean-Pierre de Caussade and the Caussadian CorpusWendy M. Wright9. Science as a Mystical Quest: Pierre Teilhard de ChardinFrançois Euvé, S.J.10. “The Witness to These Witnesses”: Henri BremondFrançois Trémolières11. Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) and Contemporary Mystical TheologyAndrew Prevot12. Karl Rahner (1904–84) and His Mystical TheologyHarvey D. Egan, S.J.13. Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle: Zen-Enlightenment and ChristianityUrsula BaatzIndex