Fr. Paul Coutinho is an internationally recognized Ignatian scholar and speaker, who brings an Eastern flavor to Western spirituality. He is a Jesuit from India who has shared his knowledge and experience of Saint Ignatius in various parts of the world through retreats, workshops, seminars, keynote speeches, his books and other writings.

Fr. Coutinho has earned two Masters Degrees in Clinical Psychology and Religious Studies. He has a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University, focused on Ignatian Spirituality. Presently, Fr. Coutinho is at Saint Louis University as faculty member of the Theological Studies Department and serving as the Assistant for Mission Formation in the Division of Mission and Ministry.

Fr. Coutinho is the author of The Ignatian Ideal and Jesuit Reality published by the Gujarat Sahitya Press, India (1999), How Big Is Your God? The Freedom to Experience the Divine, published by Loyola Press (2007), and Just as You Are: Opening your Life to the Infinite Love of God published by Loyola Press (2009). He was also the Director of Ignatian Spirituality for South Asia and the Editor of Ignis: South Asian Journal of Ignatian Spirituality from 1996 to 2009. His forthcoming book from Loyola Press explores the Spiritual Exercises in 365 days.