Saint Teresa of Avila: The Book of Her Foundations (A Study Guide) [Paperback ed.] 9780935216899

The Book of Her Foundations is the least read, the least quoted, the least known of St. Teresa's works. Why this is

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Saint Teresa of Avila: The Book of Her Foundations (A Study Guide) [Paperback ed.]
9780935216899

This book describes the history and afterlife of the autobiography of Saint Teresa, a nun, a mystic, and one the most im

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Archbishop Rowan Williams's study of Teresa of Avila exemplifies his own deep spiritual theology. Together with her

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In the vein of A. S. Byatt’s Possession, a scholar immerses herself in a quest to reconstruct the life of an ecstatic sa

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Impeccably researched and distinguished by a thorough grasp of the theological and political issues of sixteenth-century

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In early seventeenth-century Spain, the Castilian parliament voted to elevate the newly beatified Teresa of Avila to co-

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As the first woman to be given the title of doctor of the church, St. Teresa of Avila continues to exercise her teaching

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Celebrated as a visionary chronicler of spirituality, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) suffered persecution by the Counter-Re

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The definitive three-volume edition of St Teresa of Avila's prose and poetry, in Professor E. Allison Peers's

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The Avila of Saint Teresa provides both a fascinating account of social and religious change in one important Castilian

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This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Mother Teresa in an engaging narrative for children ages 8 to 10. S

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