| Teresa of Avila: Ecstasy and Common Sense Contributor(s): Bielecki, Mother Tessa (Author), Teresa of Avila (Author), Bielecki, Tessa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1570621675 ISBN-13: 9781570621673 Publisher: Shambhala OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) is perhaps the most widely read of all the Christian mystics. The spirit of her work is distilled here into one small volume by one of her best-known modern interpreters. Mother Teresa Bielecki recognizes five distinct stages in Teresa's spiritual journey--stages that can be used as a model for anyone's spiritual path, as she demonstrates with these short and inspiring excerpts taken from among more than 12 of Teresa's works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Christianity - Saints & Sainthood |
| Dewey: 271.971 |
| LCCN: 96013513 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.6" W x 8.58" (0.39 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The words of Saint Teresa of Ávila speak to the heart so directly that even four hundred years after her death she seems like our contemporary. Few people have ever written of the spiritual path with such immediacy, down-to-earth wisdom, and humor. Mother Tessa Bielecki has brought together here short selections from Teresa's collected works-including The Way of Perfection, The Interior Castle, her autobiography, poetry, meditations, and letters-to create a living portrait of Teresa and her exuberant spirituality. Teresa's striving for divine union was inseparable from her passionate involvement in the hardships and joys of the everyday-which makes her an eminently worthy model for modern people who seek to integrate spirituality and the rest of life. |