Teresa of Avila the Progress of a Soul by Cathleen Medwick (1999-08-02)

Name: Teresa of Avila the Progress of a Soul by Cathleen Medwick (1999-08-02)
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From the very beginning of her life in a convent, following the death of her mother and the marriage of her older sister, it was clear that Teresa's expansive nature, intensity, and energy would not be easily confined. Cathleen Medwick shows us a powerful daughter of the Church and her times who was a very human mass of contradictions: a practical and no-nonsense manager, and yet a flamboyant and intrepid presence who bent the rules of monastic life to accomplish her work while managing to stay one step ahead of the Inquisition. And she exhibited a very personal brand of spirituality, often experiencing raptures of an unorthodox, arguably erotic, nature that left her frozen in one position for hours, unable to speak. Out of a concern for her soul and her reputation, her superiors insisted that she account for every voice and vision, as well as the sins that might have engendered them, thus giving us the account of her life that is now considered a literary masterpiece.

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Binding:: Paperback
Publication Date:: 1999
Publisher:: Alfred A. Knopf
Languages:: Published: English
ISBN10:: 0965015130
Weight:: 458 g

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