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FACULTAD DE TEOLOGÍA
INSTITUTO DE ESPIRITUALIDAD
TRABAJO FIN DE MÁSTER
IMAGINATION AND ARTICULATION:
IGNATIAN NARRATIVITY AND THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
Presentado por:
BRENDAN PATRICK BUSSE, SJ
Dirigido por:
PROF. DR. D. PASCUAL CEBOLLADA SILVESTRE, S.J.
MADRID 2016
FACULTAD DE TEOLOGÍA
INSTITUTO DE ESPIRITUALIDAD
IMAGINATION AND ARTICULATION:
IGNATIAN NARRATIVITY AND THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
Visto Bueno del Director
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