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Teresa of Avila: An Extraordinary Life
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About Teresa Of Avila: An Extraordinary Life
Product Description This intelligent, balanced portrait of an irreverent, intense, and fiery Renaissance woman and her times includes moving excerpts from her letters and sublime spiritual writings. Her unconventional, progressive views on prayer and worship, her outstanding administrative and literary talents, her travels around Spain to found and supervise convents, and how she spent much of her life under the scrutiny of the Inquisition are all detailed. From Publishers Weekly Admired for her ardent devotion to God and her passionate mysticism, Teresa of Avila continues to fascinate and to inspire spiritual seekers. Surrounded by sickness and death as a young girl in Avila, Teresa developed a sense of life's fragility and a deep wonder about the afterlife. By the time she was 15, she had entered the convent and eventually would rise to her spiritual fame as the founder of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, where she began a lifelong working relationship with the man who became known as John of the Cross. Using excerpts from Teresa's letters and other writings, du Boulay traces the development of Teresa's spiritual life, culminating in her now classic spiritual guides The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle. As complete as du Boulay's study is, the contours and details of Teresa's life are well known and have already been explored expertly by Cathleen Medwick in her Teresa of Avila: The Shape of a Soul. Du Boulay's often repetitious and workmanlike biography contributes no new insights to our knowledge of this famous saint's life and work. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review "A clear, reliable account of Teresa’s remarkable life." — The Times Literary Supplement "Accessible to readers of all backgrounds. The real Teresa comes palpably near in these pages." —Ursula King, author, Christian Mystics "One leaves this book with a deep appreciation of who Teresa was. . . . A delightful read." —Keith J. Egan, author, Carmelite Prayer "Bringing her background in psychology to the book, du Boulay fully captures the inner Teresa for the modern reader." — Library Journal About the Author Shirley du Boulay is the author of Beyond Darkness and The Road to Canterbury. She worked as a radio and TV producer covering religious and spiritual topics for the BBC.
