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Author | : Saint Teresa of Avila |
Publisher | : ICS Publications |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0935216065 |
Download The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 3 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Jodi Bilinkoff |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780801480522 |
Download The Avila of Saint Teresa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Avila of Saint Teresa provides both a fascinating account of social and religious change in one important Castilian city and a historical analysis of the life and work of the religious mystic Saint Teresa of Jesus. Jodi Bilinkoff's rich socioeconomic history of sixteenth-century Avila illuminates the conditions that helped to shape the religious reforms for which the city's most famous citizen is celebrated. Bilinkoff takes as her subject the period during which Avila became a center of intense religious activity and the home of a number of influential mystics and religious reformers. During this time, she notes, urban expansion and increased economic opportunity fostered the social and political aspirations of a new "middle class" of merchants, professionals, and minor clerics. This group supported the creation of religious institutions that fostered such values as individual spiritual revitalization, religious poverty, and apostolic service to the urban community. According to Bilinkoff, these reform movements provided an alternative to the traditional, dynastic style of spirituality expressed by the ruling elite, and profoundly influenced Saint Teresa in her renewal of Carmelite monastic life. A focal point of the book is the controversy surrounding Teresa's foundation of a new convent in August 1562. Seeking to discover why people in Avila strenuously opposed this ostensibly innocent act and to reveal what distinguished Teresa's convent from the many others in the city, Bilinkoff offers a detailed examination of the social meaning of religious institutions in Avila. Historians of early modern Europe, especially those concerned with the history of religious culture, urban history, and women's history, specialists in religious studies, and other readers interested in the life of Saint Teresa or in the history of Catholicism will welcome The Avila of Saint Teresa.
Author | : Teresa of Avila |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0872209075 |
Download The Book of Her Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"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.
Author | : Susan Helen Wallace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Avila (Spain) |
ISBN | : 9780819871169 |
Download Saint Teresa of Avila Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Teresa of Avilas story is a fascinating account of someone who learned to live with love and energy for God and others. A child who reads this book will encounter the challenge of growing up and discover how God almost chases after each of us so that we will find real happiness in life. Ages 9-12
Author | : St Teresa of Avila |
Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1605206148 |
Download The Life of St. Teresa of Avila Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Mark O'Keefe OSB |
Publisher | : ICS Publications |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2020-03-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1939272866 |
Download In Context: Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and Their World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross are among the greatest teachers of prayer in the Christian tradition. For nearly five centuries, their writings on the spiritual life have guided those seeking greater union with God. Beyond the written corpus of these saints, the lived experiences of these reformers of the Carmelite Order also draws fascination. Living in sixteenth-century Spain among kings, prelates, explorers, inquisitors, and reformers, these two saints were formed and sanctified by the context and circumstances of their historical time and place. In Context: Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and Their World explores the social, cultural, intellectual, and religious themes that prevailed during the time in which St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross lived and breathed. This book is not only a thematic overview but also visits particular situations in the lives of these saints: the events that shaped their writings, their lives, and the Carmelite Reform they initiated. Offering for the first time in English a comprehensive contextual overview of the Carmelite reformers, Father O’Keefe draws upon pivotal scholarly sources not available to many beginner-to-intermediate students of spirituality. The extensive bibliographies point readers toward the next steps in diving deeper into Carmelite studies. Also including: + A fully linked comprehensive index + 16 pages of color photos. This book is an excellent resource for any earnest student of St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
Author | : Carlos Eire |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2019-06-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0691164932 |
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The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever written The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco’s Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa’s confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman’s testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil.
Author | : Rev. Fr. Peter T. Rohrbach |
Publisher | : TAN Books |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2022-04-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1618901559 |
Download Conversation with Christ Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The teachings of St Teresa of Avila about personal prayer. The practicality of St. Teresa's teaching about mental prayer shines through in this wonderful synopsis of her writings about it--something she said "the whole world could not purchase." Learn how we should pray, in order to grow in the spiritual life. Imprimatur.
Author | : Mirabai Starr |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2008-07-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0834823039 |
Download Teresa of Avila Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Megan Don |
Publisher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1608680126 |
Download Meditations with Teresa of Avila Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Born into Spanish nobility in 1515, Teresa entered the monastic life at age 20 and was eventually guided to reform the Carmelite Order, where she introduced the practice of meditation. This edition makes her timeless wisdom fully contemporary through translations of Teresa's words followed by a practical interpretation and a brief, inviting meditation.