The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila : A Biography /

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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eire, Carlos M. N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Teresa, > of Avila, Saint, > 1515-1582.
Carmelite Nuns.
Carmelite Nuns > Spain > Biography.
Christian women saints.
Christian saints.
RELIGION > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
Saintes chretiennes > Espagne > Biographies.
Christian women saints > Spain > Biography.
Christian saints > Spain > Biography.
Spain.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE: The Character of the Vida; CHAPTER 1 Teresa's Life Story; CHAPTER 2 How, When, and Why the Book Was Written; CHAPTER 3 The Mysticism of the Vida; CHAPTER 4 The Life of the Vida, 1600-1800; CHAPTER 5 The Life of the Vida in Art; CHAPTER 6 From Enlightenment to Modernity: Skeptics, Seekers, Psychoanalysts, Fascists; CHAPTER 7 The Post-Mystical Intermillennial Vida; EPILOGUE Doctor of the Church, Sign of Contradiction; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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