Teresa Of Avila, Francesca A. Bosco

The Interior Castle (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Interior Castle is the mysterious masterpiece of Teresa de Jesúsalso known to the world as St. Teresa of Ávilaa 16th-century mystic whose profound personal experiences continue to guide seekers of every generation. Teresa addresses her fellow Sisters in her writing, leading them on an extraordinary journey through the "mansions" of the soul, culminating in union with God. Centuries later, we continue to learn from her mystical experiences-described with humility and often in the third person-gaining an intimate glimpse into the heights of divine love and the depths of human longing.

Renowned for her visionary ecstasies and frequent bouts of levitation during an age when the West began to secularize, St. Teresa nonetheless endured great physical and spiritual pains, embracing them as gifts from God. Accepting these trials with unwavering faith, she famously prayed, "Lord, either let me suffer or let me die," revealing a soul fully surrendered to divine will.

This new translation of The Interior Castle, taken from the original 16th-century Spanish, brings St. Teresa's timeless reflections into our modern era. It preserves the elegance and authenticity of her voice while offering readers an accessible entry into one of the greatest treasures of Christian spirituality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Empyrean Design Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230214472
• Artikelnr.: 72555693

Autorenporträt

Author bio: Baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515-1582), Teresa of Ávila was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a founder of the Discalced Carmelites, along with John of the Cross. Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, The Interior Castle, are an integral part of Spanish Renaissance literature, as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices. Editor bio: Laurel Mathewson was born and raised in Oregon, where she received a lasting love for the natural world, rural communities, and social justice. She graduated with honors from Stanford University, where she found her intellectual passion in the intersections of literature and landscape, faith and politics, and social transformation--as well as a life partner in her now-husband, Colin. In her existential and vocational quest after losing her mother to cancer at the age of twenty-one, Laurel worked in academia, in media (as an editorial assistant at Sojourners in Washington, D.C., with founder Jim Wallis), and in ministry. Finally landing in a dual vocation as a writer and a Christian minister, Laurel and her husband headed to seminary and were ordained as priests in the Episcopal Church in 2013. Their current church, St. Luke's, is a multicultural community in San Diego where the Lord's prayer might be heard in English, Arabic, or Swahili, depending on the Sunday. Laurel is the author of the forthcoming An Intimate Good: A Skeptical Christian Mystic in Conversation with Teresa of Avila. She has written award-winning work for Sojourners magazine, Geez magazine, and The Christian Century. As an "elder millennial" mother and pastor, Laurel is passionate about preaching, teaching, pondering the ever-surprising love of God with a diverse and multi-generational audience of serious skeptics and serious believers, parenting her two young children, ocean swimming, and well-made cookies. Her essential vocation, in the end, is as an interpreter: of texts, traditions, and contemporary experience; between Catholic and Protestant strands of Christianity; and between seemingly incongruous or unintelligible perspectives, even across the centuries.