Teresa of Avila Ecstasy and Common Sense

Name: Teresa of Avila Ecstasy and Common Sense
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ISBN: 9781570621673

ISBN-10: 1570621675

ISBN-13: 9781570621673

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Authors: Teresa of Teresa of Avila, Tessa Bielecki

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The words of Saint Teresa of Aacute;vila 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-includingThe 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…

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List price: $18.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.396

Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) was a contemplative nun, religious reformer, spiritual writer, and gifted poet who lived during a period of reform and bitter religious rivalry in Western Europe.



Acknowledgments


Source Abbreviations


Introduction: The Woman and the Wisdom



Spirituality for the Long Haul



The Web of Wonder



Setting Out on the Road



Hard Work and Virtue



Bravado and Beyond



Mistakes, Ruts, and Roadblocks



Disillusionment



Shattering



Glory



Divine Intimacy