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Title: Teresa of Avila : The Progress of a Soul by Cathleen Medwick ISBN: 0-385-50129-3 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 16 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.47 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Intimate Look At A Controversial Saint
Comment: I gave this book five stars because it's intelligent, witty and extremely well-written. A joy to read. The author makes us feel as though we knew Teresa personally. I've read other books about St. Teresa and I've also read Teresa's own works. I was impressed, really in awe. Medwick made me realize what I should have known all along: Teresa was both beautiful and brilliant, and had she been a 20th century woman she would have found many outlets for her boundless energy, enthusiasm and imagination. Living in the circumscribed world of 16th century Spain, however, Teresa's imagination worked against her; although possessing great business acumen, the woman was crazy as a loon. This book, however, is well worth the money and the time and is extremely enjoyable, myth-shattering though it may be. I'll no doubt read it again some day.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating Historical Account of a Female Saint
Comment: I greatly enjoyed reading Cathleen Medwick's extraordinarily detailed biography of Saint Teresa of Avila. Saint Teresa shines forth as a fascinating historical figure in TERESA OF AVILA: THE PROGRESS OF A SOUL because she seemed to have an innate ability to continually seek the highest possible spiritual path throughout her life. Whenever temptation arose, she was willing to do whatever might be necessary to right herself again -- regardless whether the form of temptation or evil took human or supernatural form.
Medwick maintains a detached tone throughout this riveting story, which provides one with a better idea of what it was like to live in Saint Teresa's time (with the Inquisition wreaking havoc in the lives of some spiritual people). Descriptions of how Teresa must have felt as she experienced amazing spiritual epiphanies are handled with grace and aplomb by Medwick, who shares the facts without ever stooping to speculation nor overly exalting Teresa.
I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to better understand what life was like for a spiritual woman in 16th century Europe whose utmost desire was to be as close to God as possible.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Labor of Love
Comment: This book was assigned for me to read in view of perhaps using it for a study group at my church, so I read it pretty closely. Cathleen Medwick must have spent years researching her topic with love and dedication: the book follows Teresa of Avila very closely and we come away feeling that we have been in the presence of a towering spirit, though always down to earth, humble, and obedient to her superiors as expected from a dutiful nun, who also happens to experience unbelievable extasies while remaining extremely business-savvy and diplomatic. The book is extremely well written, and the passages that are translated from Teresa's own writings are lively and engaging. It made me want to read Teresa's own works, especially her "Vida" and "The Interior Castle." One caution: Medwik doesn't baby her readers, and if she's first translated a Spanish word or term, she will be using that word without translation in the rest of the book, so you have to pay attention. I had trouble with the hundreds of characters that are introduced in this book with whom Teresa had dealings during her long life, but only very few take on flesh and bones in this biography beside herself and some of her confessors. An index of Spanish words, and a list of characters might have been helpful to the distracted reader. A very thorough scholarly work that can be enjoyed by any serious reader eager to get acquainted with Teresa's life and times.
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Title: The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself (Penguin Classics) by J.M. Cohen, Saint Teresa of Avila, St Teresa of Avila, Teresa of Avila ISBN: 0140440739 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1988 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Way of Perfection by TERESA OF AVILA ISBN: 0385065396 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila, E. Allison Peers ISBN: 0385036434 Publisher: Image Books Pub. Date: 04 January, 1972 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila by Saint, Teresa, Otilio Rodriguez ISBN: 0960087621 Publisher: Ics Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1976 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Teresa of Avila: Mystical Writings (The Crossroad Spiritual Legacy) by Tessa Bielecki ISBN: 0824525043 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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