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In The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa gives practical counsels and advice on prayer, destined originally for the nuns who embraced the reformed Carmelite life she established. As a handbook for spiritual formation, it presented them with the basic Christian spirituality undergirding their Constitutions and Rule. The principles and teachings in Teresa's book clearly lend themselves to broader applications, and can work well in all walks of life. This study editionwith its introduction, commentary, notes, discussion questions, and glossaryprovides what is needed to assist contemporary readers in making these applications and delving more deeply into the text's spiritual riches.

Teresa of Avila (1515 1582), also called St. Teresa of Jesus, is one of the world s most beloved saints. She lived her entire life in Spain and was the leader of a reform movement within her Carmelite Order. She was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970.