The Making of a Mystic: Seasons in the Life of Teresa of Avila - Softcover

Gross Jr., Francis L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791414124 ISBN 13: 9780791414125

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1993

Synopsis

This is a passionate book about a gifted woman. It is written from a psychological viewpoint using the developmental point of view of a number of contemporary developmental psychologists, both men and women. It is a critique of contemporary American shallowness and is an apologia for a feminist ethic and a feminist sense of prayer in a world dominated by competition, abstraction, and unthinking labor.

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Review:

"I like the authors' clear insights into Teresa from a psychological point of view. The authors not only know about Teresa but, more significantly, 'know' her in an empathetic mode. Thus the writing is smooth, never strained, as they call upon the examples of other spiritual men and women whose lives shed light on Teresa's. Their familiarity with psychology translates into eminently readable prose." -- Mary E. Giles, California State University, Sacramento

Synopsis:

Applies contemporary developmental psychology to a gifted 16th-century Spanish woman, scourges modern American shallowness, and supports a feminist ethic and a feminist sense of prayer in a world dominated by competition, abstraction, and unthinking labor. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0791414124
• ISBN 13: 9780791414125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318