TY - THES ID - 134615623 TI - OBEDIENCE AS SELF-DENIAL (RELATIONSHIP OF OBEDIENCE AND SELF-DENIAL BASED ON THE IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY AU - Kondaveti, Anitha Showri Rani AU - Faesen, Robertus AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen. Opleiding Bachelor of Theology and Religious Studies (Abridged Programme) (Leuven) PY - 2020 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134615623 AB - All of us, in our daily lives, face this dilemma about being obedient. We are all connected and are constantly making choices as we are bound by various rules and regulations of civil society, moral ethics, religious beliefs, traditional observances, cultural norms, family practices, institutional strategies, and many such disciplines. At every moment we are guided or rather bound by certain norms and guidelines and we have no choice but obey them. In this 21st century, everyone is seeking for an individual identity. The growing technology, divergent attitudes, and changing cultures make one, more and more self-sufficient and individualistic. In this rising culture of individualism and self -sufficiency it is all the more difficult for one to be obedient. In our struggle for autonomy and individual identity, we understand obedience as something that puts off self-identity, neglects one’s views, ideas, and as something that destroys one’s uniqueness. There is a strong, inevitable connection between obedience and the individual self. Obedience touches the core of one’s individuality and uniqueness. Therefore, I chose this topic of obedience as self-denial based on the Ignatian spirituality to understand the singleness of obedience and self-denial and to comprehend obedience as an act of love, free will and a way of life. ER -