The making of a mystic : seasons in the life of Teresa of Avila /

The making of a mystic : seasons in the life of Teresa of Avila /

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Author / Creator:Gross, Francis L.
Imprint:Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1993.
Description:xx, 285 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Teresa, -- of Avila, Saint, -- 1515-1582.
Christian saints -- Spain -- Avila -- Biography.
Avila (Spain) -- Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13175589
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Other authors / contributors:Gross, Toni Perior.
ISBN:0791414116 (hard)
0791414124 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. The Story
  • 1. Childhood
  • 2. Adolescence
  • 3. Patterns of Emergence
  • 4. Middle Adulthood
  • 5. Old Age
  • Part 2. Her Background
  • 6. Family
  • 7. Her Country: Spain and Spaniards in the Golden Age
  • Part 3. Themes of her Life
  • 8. The Journey to Her Own Voice
  • 9. Morality
  • 10. Psychology and Prayer
  • 11. Teresa's Prayer and Her Psychology of Prayer
  • 12. Teresa's Playfulness
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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