Download or read book Teresa of Avila s Autobiography written by Elena Carrera and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila (1515-82) was the author of one of the most acclaimed early modern autobiographies - "Vida". This text examines the impact of textual models on Teresa's self-construction.
Download or read book The Avila of Saint Teresa written by Jodi Bilinkoff and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Avila of Saint Teresa provides both a fascinating account of social and religious change in one important Castilian city and a historical analysis of the life and work of the religious mystic Saint Teresa of Jesus. Jodi Bilinkoff's rich socioeconomic history of sixteenth-century Avila illuminates the conditions that helped to shape the religious reforms for which the city's most famous citizen is celebrated. Bilinkoff takes as her subject the period during which Avila became a center of intense religious activity and the home of a number of influential mystics and religious reformers. During this time, she notes, urban expansion and increased economic opportunity fostered the social and political aspirations of a new "middle class" of merchants, professionals, and minor clerics. This group supported the creation of religious institutions that fostered such values as individual spiritual revitalization, religious poverty, and apostolic service to the urban community. According to Bilinkoff, these reform movements provided an alternative to the traditional, dynastic style of spirituality expressed by the ruling elite, and profoundly influenced Saint Teresa in her renewal of Carmelite monastic life. A focal point of the book is the controversy surrounding Teresa's foundation of a new convent in August 1562. Seeking to discover why people in Avila strenuously opposed this ostensibly innocent act and to reveal what distinguished Teresa's convent from the many others in the city, Bilinkoff offers a detailed examination of the social meaning of religious institutions in Avila. Historians of early modern Europe, especially those concerned with the history of religious culture, urban history, and women's history, specialists in religious studies, and other readers interested in the life of Saint Teresa or in the history of Catholicism will welcome The Avila of Saint Teresa.
Download or read book The Life of Teresa of Jesus written by and published by Image. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1565 at the request of her confessor, St. Teresa's autobiography is at once an extraordinary chronicle of a life governed by the desire to draw closer to God and a literary masterpiece that brings to life a woman of candor, humor, and great spiritual strength. Teresa writes of her early life, the conflicts and crises she faced, and her decision to enter a life of prayer. Her lyrical, almost erotic descriptions of ecstatic experiences call to mind the senuous language of the Song of Songs.
Download or read book Santa Teresa D Avila Libro de la Vida written by Santa Teresa de Jesús and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Libro de la Vida" fue una de las varias obras escritas por Santa Teresa de Jesús en su vida y fue publicada en 1565. Esta obra es una autobiografía poderosa y reveladora, donde Santa Teresa narra su viaje espiritual, ofreciendo una visión íntima y profunda de su vida y de sus experiencias místicas. A lo largo del tiempo, se han escrito y continúan escribiéndose varias biografías sobre esta icónica santa y reformadora, con una calidad y amplitud cada vez mayores. Sin embargo, para conocer el pensamiento y el modo de ser de una persona real, no hay nada mejor que escuchar la historia con todas sus circunstancias, errores y aciertos contada por quien las vivió en primera persona. Este es el propósito de esta autobiografía de Santa Teresa de Jesús: llevar al público a la mujer valiente y visionaria, que, a través de su perseverancia e inteligencia, se convirtió en una de las voces más influyentes en la reforma del Carmelo y en la espiritualidad cristiana. Esta obra forma parte de la colección "Voces hispánicas", que tiene como objetivo destacar las historias de vida de figuras importantes en la historia hispanoamericana, contadas por ellos mismos.
Download or read book Autobiography of St Teresa of Avila written by St. Teresa of Avila and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic of Christian mysticism, a Carmelite nun describes her struggles and ultimate union with God. St. Teresa recounts her childhood, spiritual crises, and embrace of the contemplative life.
Download or read book Teresa of Avila written by Cathleen Medwick and published by Image. This book was released on 2001-01-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshingly modern reconsideration of Saint Teresa (1515-1582), one of the greatest mystics and reformers to emerge within the sixteenth-century Catholic Church, whose writings are a keystone of modern mystical thought. 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. Medwick makes it clear that Teresa considered her major work the reform of the Carmelites, an enterprise requiring all her considerable persuasiveness and her talent for administration. We see her moving about Spain with the assurance (if not the authority) of a man, in spite of debilitating illness, to establish communities of nuns who lived scrupulously devout lives, without luxuries. In an era when women were seldom taken seriously, she even sought and received permission to found two religious houses for men. In this fascinating account Cathleen Medwick reveals Teresa as both more complex and more comprehensible than she has seemed in the past. She illuminates for us the devout and worldly woman behind the centuries-old iconography of the saint.
Download or read book Autobiograf a de Santa Teresa de Avila written by Eliècer Sàlesman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself written by Teresa of Avila and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however, saying in a letter: 'There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity.' This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece - after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.
Download or read book Santa Teresa de Jes s written by Miguel Mir and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila written by Carlos Eire and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever written 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 troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco’s Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa’s confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman’s testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil.
Download or read book Saint Teresa of Avila written by William Thomas Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful biography of a remarkable woman who was a mystic and foundress, the reformed of Carmel, a doctor of the science of divine love, and now, proclaimed in 1970, a Doctor of the Universal Church. Using her own writings and other original sources, the author has successfully described her incredible spiritual drama, the prodigious activities of her life, and the historical setting in which she lived.
Download or read book Libro de su vida written by Teresa de Jesús (Santa) and published by Editorial Cántico. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta es la obra más íntima y personal de Santa Teresa de Jesús, y la que le valió el proceso de la Inquisición por sus testimonios sobrenaturales. A lo largo de sus páginas, la mística de Ávila relata en tono autobiográfico la forma en que paulatinamente fue adentrándose en su vida espiritual, cómo aprendió a orar, cuáles fueron sus primeras experiencias místicas y cómo comenzó a relacionarse con Jesús. El Libro de su Vida es una obra extremadamente bella y delicada, llena de enseñanza espiritual, y constituye una magnífica guía para cualquier persona con inquietudes espirituales, pues la enseñanza que Santa Teresa vierte en estas páginas se transforma en una hermosa luz que ayuda al lector a auto-conocerse y a meditar en profundos aspectos de su propia vida interior, al margen de la singularidad de sus creencias religiosas. Este Libro de su Vida recoge todos los matices de la bella y profunda intimidad de Santa Teresa de Jesús, expresada con un estilo personal y extremadamente delicado. Entre toda su obra, este libro es el que mejor refleja el desarrollo de su experiencia religiosa, con la novedad de una lectura más sencilla para el lector contemporáneo, en una cuidada adaptación que ha llevado más de dos años de trabajo.
Download or read book Libro de la vida written by Santa Teresa de Jesús and published by Linkgua. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libro de la Vida, escrito por Santa Teresa de Jesús, es una autobiografía espiritual que relata la vida y experiencias místicas de una de las santas y escritoras más influyentes de la historia. La obra se adentra en la profundidad de su alma, sus luchas internas, sus pecados, su conversión y su relación íntima con Dios. El primer capítulo establece el tono del libro, ofreciendo una sincera y humilde confesión de sus fallos y pecados. Teresa muestra su deseo de ser completamente transparente en su narración, aunque lamenta no poder detallar más sus pecados por restricciones impuestas. Su sinceridad y su deseo de una introspección profunda son evidentes, revelando su humildad y su búsqueda constante de la gracia divina. Teresa de Jesús escribe con un estilo claro y directo, pero también con una profundidad y sinceridad emocional que conecta con el lector. Su habilidad para describir experiencias místicas y espirituales de una manera comprensible y relatable es particularmente notable. A lo largo del libro, combina la narrativa de su vida con reflexiones teológicas y espirituales, creando una obra que es tanto un relato personal como un texto de profunda reflexión religiosa. El libro aborda temas como la redención, la fe, la gracia, y el amor divino. Teresa explora su propia transformación espiritual, desde una niñez de inclinaciones piadosas hasta una vida adulta marcada por la búsqueda ferviente de la santidad y la unión con Dios. A través de sus palabras, ilustra el camino hacia una profunda comprensión y experiencia de lo divino. Libro de la Vida es una obra esencial para comprender el misticismo cristiano y la historia de la espiritualidad. La franqueza y la profundidad con que Santa Teresa de Jesús comparte su vida y sus experiencias místicas hacen de este libro una lectura valiosa tanto para creyentes como para aquellos interesados en la historia de la religión y la literatura mística. Su legado perdura como un testimonio del camino hacia la santidad y la comprensión profunda del amor divino.
Download or read book The Collected Letters of St Teresa of Avila Vol 1 written by St. Teresa of Avila and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains Letters from 1546 to 1577Includes Introductions, Endnotes, and Biographical Sketches.St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of both her life and her work as foundress in two books: the Life and the Foundations. Despite her openness in them, she wrote with the knowledge they would be read by her censors. Her letters, then, exhibit even more striking candor, offering many details that were not meant for the public. In these letters we walk with Teresa year by year, day by day -- even hour by hour sometimes. Her worries, her troubles and triumphs, her expressions of sadness and joy pervade these pages. Without question we have before us a rich collection, showing a heart magnanimously open to others, communicating with them on many levels, pouring itself out to family members and religious, to friends, theologians, advisors, and to the nobility and business people. Difficult as writing a book was for Teresa, she preferred it to letter-writing, a drudgery that cost her more than all the pitiful roads and sorry weather experienced on her journey through Spain. What proved painful for her has proved a treasure for us, a collection of letters that scholars consider unparalleled in Spanish literature.
Download or read book The Collected Letters of St Teresa of Avila vol 1 1546 1577 written by Saint Teresa (of Avila) and published by ICS Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains Letters from 1546 to 1577. Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches and Index.
Download or read book Autobiography of St Teresa of Avila The Book of Her Life written by St Teresa of Avila and published by Value Classic Reprints. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete edition of the Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis. This edition includes over 500 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila's path to Jesus though prayer. The story of her life, interspersed with lessons on prayer. Though slow starting, one may finish with tears of joy. The book defies description. "We have, then, as good gardeners, by the help of God, to see that the plants grow, to water them carefully, that they may not die, but produce blossoms, which shall send forth much fragrance, refreshing to our Lord, so that He may come often for His pleasure into this garden, and delight Himself in the midst of these virtues." No student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.
Download or read book The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus written by Saint Teresa of Avila and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ST. TERESA was born at Avila on Wednesday, March 28, 1515, and baptized on April 4, in the parish church of San Juan, the very day on which the first Mass was celebrated in the new church of the convent of the Incarnation. Her god-father was Vela Nuñez, and the god-mother Doña Maria del Aguila. The name she received in baptism, Teresa, of frequent occurrence in Spain in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, was common to the families of both her father and mother; for her great-grandmother on the father’s side was Teresa Sanchez, and her grandmother on her mother’s side was Teresa de las Cuevas.
