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Book Synopsis Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila by : St. Teresa of Avila
Download or read book Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila written by St. Teresa of Avila and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic of Christian mysticism, a Carmelite nun describes her struggles and ultimate union with God. St. Teresa recounts her childhood, spiritual crises, and embrace of the contemplative life.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila by : Saint Teresa of Avila
Download or read book The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila written by Saint Teresa of Avila and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 1976 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Book of Her Life, Spiritual Testimonies,and Soliloquies. The book includes general and biblical index. This is the second edition of Volume One of The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman doctor of the church. The translators have taken full advantage of all that recent scholarship has contributed to a better understanding of Teresa and her writings. This volume includes her first major work, The Book of Her Life, and two of her shorter works, the Spiritual Testimonies and the Soliloquies. Clear and contemporary, this rendering captures Teresa's spirit while remaining faithful to her thought.
Book Synopsis The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by : St Teresa of Avila
Download or read book The Life of St. Teresa of Avila written by St Teresa of Avila and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The works of Spanish nun SAINT TERESA OF AVILA (1515-1582) rank among the most extraordinary mystical writings of Roman Catholicism and among the classics of all religious traditions... and her own life story is considered one of the finest autobiographies in any language. From her carefree childhood through her life as an ascetic Carmelite nun, from her visions of Satan through her worship of God, this is her passionate yet earthy retelling of her struggles with temptation, her work founding and ruling convents, and her devotion to God. Hailed by those seeking spiritual succor as one of the most accessible guides to achieving a closer relationship to God through prayer, this extraordinary book remains a commanding entry to numinous Christianity.
Book Synopsis The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself by : Teresa of Avila
Download or read book The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself written by Teresa of Avila and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however, saying in a letter: 'There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity.' This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece - after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.
Book Synopsis Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity by : Alison Weber
Download or read book Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity written by Alison Weber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case study of how women were able to function as leaders and intellectuals in cultures that forbade these roles in the most extreme way. "Weber's book reveals the many ambiguities of Teresa's narrative techniques. Weber's analysis of these shifting tones and strategies is original and stimulating, and is a valuable contribution to the study of this extraordinary woman".--Colin P. Thompson, "The Times Literary Supplement". *Lightning Print On Demand Title
Book Synopsis Teresa - A Woman by : Victoria Lincoln
Download or read book Teresa - A Woman written by Victoria Lincoln and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the sixteenth-century Spanish saint, describes her visions, and discusses her writings and accomplishments
Book Synopsis St. Teresa of Avila by : Teresa of Avila
Download or read book St. Teresa of Avila written by Teresa of Avila and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Teresa of Avila, one of the most interesting and important figures in the history of the Catholic Church, was also one of the most candid, entertaining, and brilliant correspondents of her century. This selection of letters offers a unique “behind the scenes” look at this most charming Doctor of the Church with details of her life not originally meant for the public. St. Teresa’s formal works—The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection—were written with an eye toward censors. Her personal correspondence, however, tell the story of her life in vivid detail, including her struggles to reform the Carmelite order; Spanish mysticism in its formation; and the extraordinary range of relationships she maintained with priests, theologians, royalty, fellow religious, advisors, and friends. The letters begin when St. Teresa was forty-six—six years after she entered the Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation in Avila, Spain—and continue until her death twenty-one years later. She exhibits worries, troubles, sadness, joy, triumphs, and questions throughout. Recipients of these letters, and the people discussed in them, include some of the famous and fascinating figures of late sixteenth-century Catholic Europe: St. John of the Cross; María Enríquez de Toledo y Guzmán, the Duchess of Alba; St. Peter Alcantara; St. John of Avila; Ana de Mendoza, the Princess of Eboli; and Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios. The story these letters tell is one of enduring importance to the history of the Church. From nascent beginnings to more detailed plans, it is possible throughout St. Teresa of Avila: Her Life in Letters to witness the birth of Spanish mysticism, the reform of the Carmelite Order, and the experiences of contemplative prayer and meditation that resulted in The Interior Castle.
Book Synopsis The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2: 1578-1582 by : Teresa of Avila
Download or read book The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2: 1578-1582 written by Teresa of Avila and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Letters from 1578 to 1582 Includes Biographical Sketches, Sources for the Biographical Sketches and Index. More Information This second and final volume of St. Teresa's correspondence begins with the year 1578, a most troubling time for Teresa. A keen observer of the reality around her as well as within, Teresa in these letters focuses light on many of the struggles in both the Carmelite order and the church of sixteenth-century Spain. She introduces us to major personalities who have left their mark on history. Through her letters historians gain a better knowledge of the chronology of events in Teresa's life and how she related to the diverse people she had dealings with. A number of everyday particulars that compilers and editors of those times considered unimportant are today prized. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy, are all present here. With a compelling spontaneity, these letters disclose a Teresa in a complex variety of circumstances. The extraordinary gifts of grace bestowed by God on this Spanish Madre fortified her for a demanding ministry of service which entailed heavy responsibilities and that drew her contemplative soul into a whirl of activities. Because of the limited means of travel and communication in the sixteenth century, the organization of a reform like hers, with its unavoidable business matters, had to be dealt with chiefly through correspondence, a chafing duty that became one of Teresa's greatest trials. She often repeated that letter-writing was her biggest burden, a wearisome task that cost her more than all the miserable roads and bad weather experienced on her journeys through Spain. With its endnotes, biographical sketches, and above all, fresh translation, this second volume of Teresa's Collected Letters opens again another door into the fascinating world of this saint, one of the greatest women history has known.
Download or read book The Life of Teresa of Jesus written by and published by Image. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1565 at the request of her confessor, St. Teresa's autobiography is at once an extraordinary chronicle of a life governed by the desire to draw closer to God and a literary masterpiece that brings to life a woman of candor, humor, and great spiritual strength. Teresa writes of her early life, the conflicts and crises she faced, and her decision to enter a life of prayer. Her lyrical, almost erotic descriptions of ecstatic experiences call to mind the senuous language of the Song of Songs.
Book Synopsis The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus ... Written by Herself. Translated from the Spanish by D. Lewis by : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Download or read book The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus ... Written by Herself. Translated from the Spanish by D. Lewis written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus by : Saint Teresa of Avila
Download or read book The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus written by Saint Teresa of Avila and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on 1947 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ST. TERESA was born at Avila on Wednesday, March 28, 1515, and baptized on April 4, in the parish church of San Juan, the very day on which the first Mass was celebrated in the new church of the convent of the Incarnation. Her god-father was Vela Nuñez, and the god-mother Doña Maria del Aguila. The name she received in baptism, Teresa, of frequent occurrence in Spain in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, was common to the families of both her father and mother; for her great-grandmother on the father’s side was Teresa Sanchez, and her grandmother on her mother’s side was Teresa de las Cuevas.
Book Synopsis The Heirs of St. Teresa of Avila: Defenders and Disseminators of the Founding Mother's Legacy by : Christopher Chadwick Wilson
Download or read book The Heirs of St. Teresa of Avila: Defenders and Disseminators of the Founding Mother's Legacy written by Christopher Chadwick Wilson and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Carmelite Studies presents new insights into the lives and writings of individuals who knew Teresa of Ávila in life and who, after her death in 1582, worked to propagate and defend her legacy, including the illustrious nuns Ana de San Bartolomé, Ana de Jesús, María de San José, and Ana de San Agustín, and her close male confidant and collaborator, Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios. A further focus of the essays is the reception of the Teresian heritage by individuals outside the order, as mediated by these early Discalced Carmelites and by Teresa's published writings. More Information The essays were originally presented at the 2004 symposium "The Heirs of St. Teresa" at Georgetown University. That year marked the 400th anniversary of a pivotal moment in Discalced Carmelite history: the arrival in France of a group of six nuns, some of Teresa's most favored protégées, including Ana de Jesús and Ana de San Bartolomé, who traveled from Spain to inaugurate the order's first French convent. Motivated by devotion to their Founding Mother, amidst success and setbacks, these and other of Teresa's heirs strove to carry out her will with a resolute determination and to extend her reputation for sanctity throughout the world. ICS Publications is pleased to issue this volume in its series Carmelite Studies conjointly with the Institutum Carmelitanum of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance in Rome.
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Vol 2 by : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Download or read book The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Vol 2 written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 1976 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains two of Teresa's most popular works: The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle. Shortly after writing The Book of Her Life for her confessor, St. Teresa wrote The Way of Perfection at the request of her nuns who were eager to learn about prayer and contemplation. Throughout this work she teaches her nuns about prayer and also teaches us. Toward the end of her life, after she had experienced both the spiritual betrothal and spiritual marriage, Teresa wrote The Interior Castle, her own panoramic view of her relationship with God, from the lowest stages to the highest. Teresa here demonstrates her great gift for writing about that relationship and attracting us to explore the possibility of pursuing it. Along with these two classics, Volume Two also includes one of Teresa's minor works, her Meditations on the Song of Songs.
Book Synopsis The Book of the Foundations of S. Teresa of Jesus ... Written by Herself. Translated from the Spanish by D. Lewis by : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Download or read book The Book of the Foundations of S. Teresa of Jesus ... Written by Herself. Translated from the Spanish by D. Lewis written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: The book of her foundations. Minor works by : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Download or read book The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: The book of her foundations. Minor works written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Teresa of Avila and the Politics of Sanctity by : Gillian T. W. Ahlgren
Download or read book Teresa of Avila and the Politics of Sanctity written by Gillian T. W. Ahlgren and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teresa of Avila, one of history's most beloved mystics, wrote during a time of intense ecclesiastical scrutiny of texts. The determination of the Counter-Reformation Church to dominate religious life and control the content of theological writing significantly influenced Teresa's career as reformer and writer. Gillian T. W. Ahlgren explores the theological and ecclesiastical climate of sixteenth-century Spain in this study of the challenges Teresa encountered as a female theologian and mystic. As inquisitional censure increased and the authority of women's visions and ecstatic prayer experiences declined, Teresa's written self-expressions became, of necessity, less direct. Her later writing was heavily encoded and scholars have only recently begun to decipher those protective codes. Ahlgren demonstrates how Teresa's rhetorical style and theological message were directly responsive to the climate of suspicion created by the Inquisition and how they thus constituted a challenge to sixteenth-century assumptions about women. The only female theologian to be published in late sixteenth-century Spain, Teresa sought to provide a clear defense of mystical experience, particularly that of women. Ahlgren suggests that the rhetorical strategies Teresa developed to protect women's visionary experiences were subsequently used by Church officials to rewrite aspects of her life and thought, transforming her into the model for official Counter-Reformation sanctity.
Book Synopsis The Life of Teresa of Jesus by : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Download or read book The Life of Teresa of Jesus written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
