THE PARADOX OF SAINT TERESA OF AVILA: A Study in Will and Humility
| Author: | Rudder, Robert S. | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 204 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-1534-3 978-0-7734-1534-8 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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This study resolves the seeming conflict of will and humility in the life of St. Teresa by examining her relationship with the secular world, nuns, superiors and God.
Reviews
“…this analysis chiefly addresses the scholar, and as such is thoroughly documented; it is immensely readable and appeals to the serious reader with an interest in religion, philosophy, psychology or literature.”James A. Dunlop, St. Olaf College
“The study reveals the Saint’s impressive political and diplomatic abilities, in particular with respect to her treatment of her religious superiors. This chapter of her life shows her as a proto-feminist who exhorts her nuns to act “like strong men,” -Prof. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, University of California
“This study reveals Teresa not as a distant saint with a halo firmly attached to her head, but as a human being, in much the same way that she exhorts her nuns to think of God.”-Prof. Gloria Arjona, University of Southern California
“The study reveals the Saint’s impressive political and diplomatic abilities, in particular with respect to her treatment of her religious superiors. This chapter of her life shows her as a proto-feminist who exhorts her nuns to act “like strong men,” -Prof. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, University of California
“This study reveals Teresa not as a distant saint with a halo firmly attached to her head, but as a human being, in much the same way that she exhorts her nuns to think of God.”-Prof. Gloria Arjona, University of Southern California
Table of Contents
Foreword
I. Background
II. Theses
III. Santa Teresa in Her Own Words
IV. The Foundations
V. Confessors
VI. Teresa and the General
VII. Nuns
VIII. Seculars
IX. Mysticism
X. God
Conclusion
Biographical Index of Principal Individuals Named in this Study
Selected Bibliography
Index
I. Background
II. Theses
III. Santa Teresa in Her Own Words
IV. The Foundations
V. Confessors
VI. Teresa and the General
VII. Nuns
VIII. Seculars
IX. Mysticism
X. God
Conclusion
Biographical Index of Principal Individuals Named in this Study
Selected Bibliography
Index