José María Rodríguez Olaizola is a Jesuit priest and writer. His fields of interest are theology, sociology and spirituality. As well as contemporary dynamics of our society, his writings reflect on themes such as solitude, joy, time, the body and crisis. He is currently head of institutional communication for the Society of Jesus in Spain. He has an active social media presence, with pastoralsj and rezandovoy among his projects.

Among his best-known works are Dancing with Loneliness, Joy, Even at Night, Today is Now: Solid People for Liquid Times and Ignatius of Loyola Never Alone.