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Teresa de Avila, Lettered Woman

Author : Barbara Louise Mujica
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 0826516319
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Teresa de Avila, Lettered Woman written by Barbara Louise Mujica and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1562, Teresa de Avila founded the Discalced Carmelites and launched a reform movement that would pit her against the Church hierarchy and the male officials of her own religious order. This new spirituality, which stressed interiority and a personal relationship with God, was considered dangerous and subversive. It provoked the suspicion of the Inquisition and the wrath of unreformed Carmelites, especially the Andalusian friars, who favored the lax practices of their traditional monasteries. The Inquisition investigated Teresa repeatedly, and the Carmelite General had her detained. But even during the most terrible periods of persecution, Teresa continued to fight for the reform using the weapon she wielded best: the pen. Teresa wrote hundreds, perhaps thousands, of letters to everyone from the King to prelates to mothers of novices. Teresa's epistolary writing reveals how she used her political acumen to dodge inquisitors and negotiate the thorny issues of the reform, facing off the authorities--albeit with considerable tact--and reprimanding priests and nuns who failed to follow her orders. Her letters bring to light the different strategies she used--code names, secret routing--in order to communicate with nuns and male allies. They show how she manipulated language, varying her tone and rhetoric according to the recipient or slipping into deliberate vagueness in order to avoid divulging secrets. What emerges from her correspondence is a portrait of extraordinary courage, ability, and shrewdness. In the sixteenth century, the word letrado (lettered) referred to the learned men of the Church. Teresa treated letrados with great respect and always insisted on her own lack of learning. The irony is that although women could not be letradas, Teresa was, as her correspondence shows, "lettered" in more ways than one.

The Letters of Saint Teresa

Author : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2: 1578-1582

Author : Teresa of Avila
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 093521643X
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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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.

Teresa of Avila

Author : Mirabai Starr
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834823039
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Teresa of Avila written by Mirabai Starr and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “pure genius” translation of the beloved autobiographical writings of the great 16th-century Spanish mystic, Saint Teresa of Ávila (Caroline Myss, New York Times–bestselling author) Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual autobiography. With this fresh translation of The Book of My Life, Mirabai Starr brings the inimitable Spanish mystic to life for a new generation. In contemporary English that mirrors Teresa’s own earthy, vernacular Spanish, and that presents us with—four centuries after Teresa’s death—someone we feel we know, Mirabai Starr offers a stunning portrait of a woman who is intoxicated by God yet filled with an overflowing love for the world.

Teresa - A Woman

Author : Victoria Lincoln
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873959360
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (593 download)

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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 486 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

The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 3

Author : Saint Teresa of Avila
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 0935216065
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 3 written by Saint Teresa of Avila and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 1976 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains Book of Her Foundations and Minor Works. Includes general and biblical index. In 1573, while staying in Salamanca to assist her nuns in the task of establishing one of her seventeen monasteries, Teresa began composing the story of their foundation. The Book of Her Foundations comprises the major portion of Volume Three. This book not only tells the story of the establishment of her monasteries but, characteristic of Teresa, digresses into counsels on prayer, love, melancholy, virtuous living and dying, plus other teachings of the Mother Foundress. This book also has an excellent introduction, chronology, and map of Teresa's foundations and journeys. Five of her brief works, including her poetry, complete ICS Publications' third volume of her Collected Works. Includes general and biblical index.

Teresa - A Woman

Author : Victoria Lincoln
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438410913
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Teresa - A Woman written by Victoria Lincoln and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1985-06-30 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was a saint, a mystic, a reformer, a legend, and she was a fascinating and complex woman. This is the first full-scale biography of Saint Teresa of Avila from a human, nonconfessional point of view. Victoria Lincoln immersed herself thoroughly in all of Saint Teresa's writings, including her extensive correspondence. She has reconstructed the inner life of this rigorous reformer of the Carmelite Order and disciplined explorer of mystical experience. The relation between Saint Teresa's inner and outer life is defined with new insight and profundity.

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 2 (1578 - 1582)

Author : Teresa of Avila
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 0935216901
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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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 2011-09-23 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Letters from 1578 to 1582 Includes Biographical Sketches and Sources for the Biographical Sketches. 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.

The Letters of Saint Teresa of Avila

Author : St. Teresa of Avila
Publisher : Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1622780833
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Saint Teresa of Avila written by St. Teresa of Avila and published by Wyatt North Publishing, LLC. This book was released on with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1622, forty years after her death, she was canonized by Pope Gregory XV, and in 1970 named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are an integral part of the Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices as she entails in her other important work Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection). This book provides a collection of letters written by St. Teresa of Avila. You can purchase other religious works directly from Wyatt North Publishing.

The Book of Her Life

Author : Teresa of Avila
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0872209075
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Her Life written by Teresa of Avila and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Book of Her Life" is the spiritual autobiography of a Counter Reformation mystic and monastic reformer of sixteenth century Spain. Introduction by Jodi Bilinkoff.

The Letters of St. Teresa of Avila

Author : St. Teresa St. Teresa of Avila
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505923155
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of St. Teresa of Avila written by St. Teresa St. Teresa of Avila and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Teresa of Avila (also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus) (1515-1582), was a Spanish nun and mystic, and is recognized as a Doctor of the Church. The Letters of Saint Teresa contains 60 letters by St. Teresa of Avila.

St. Teresa of Avila

Author : Teresa of Avila
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 0870613146
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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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.

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila Vol 1

Author : St. Teresa of Avila
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 0935216960
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila Vol 1 written by St. Teresa of Avila and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Letters from 1546 to 1577Includes Introductions, Endnotes, and Biographical Sketches.St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite her openness in them, she wrote with the knowledge they would be read by her censors. Her letters, then, exhibit even more striking candor, offering many details that were not meant for the public. In these letters we walk with Teresa year by year, day by day -- even hour by hour sometimes. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy pervade these pages. Without question we have before us a rich collection, showing a heart magnanimously open to others, communicating with them on many levels, pouring itself out to family members and religious, to friends, theologians, advisors, and to the nobility and business people. Difficult as writing a book was for Teresa, she preferred it to letter-writing, a drudgery that cost her more than all the pitiful roads and sorry weather experienced on her journey through Spain. What proved painful for her has proved a treasure for us, a collection of letters that scholars consider unparalleled in Spanish literature.

Francisco de Osuna (CWS)

Author : Francisco de Osuna
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809121458
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Francisco de Osuna (CWS) written by Francisco de Osuna and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francisco de Osuna (c. 1492-c. 1540) Spanish Franciscan and mystic, wrote a series of maxims as a practical guide for recollection. These were arranged into a series of Spiritual Alphabets, this being the third.

The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila Vol 2

Author : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 0960087664
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)

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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 559 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.

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1 (1546-1577)

Author : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Publisher : ICS Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780935216271
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, vol. 1 (1546-1577) written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains Letters from 1546 to 1577. Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches and Index.

Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

Author : Alison Weber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691219621
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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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 2020-10-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated as a visionary chronicler of spirituality, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) suffered persecution by the Counter-Reformation clergy in Spain, who denounced her for her "diabolical illusions" and "dangerous propaganda." Confronting the historical irony of Teresa's transformation from a figure of questionable orthodoxy to a national saint, Alison Weber shows how this teacher and reformer used exceptional rhetorical skills to defend her ideas at a time when women were denied participation in theological discourse. In a close examination of Teresa's major writings, Weber correlates the stylistic techniques of humility, irony, obfuscation, and humor with social variables such as the marginalized status of pietistic groups and demonstrates how Teresa strategically adopted linguistic features associated with women--affectivity, spontaneity, colloquialism--in order to gain access to the realm of power associated with men.