Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life

A fresh translation of one of the most beloved spiritual memoirs--the autobiographical writings of the great 16th-century Spanish mystic, St. Teresa of Ávila

Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual autobiography.

With this fresh translation of The Book of My Life, Mirabai Starr brings the inimitable Spanish mystic to life for a new generations. With contemporary English that mirrors Teresa's own earthy, vernacular Spanish, and that presents us with--four centuries after Teresa's death--someone we feel we know: a woman intoxicated with God yet filled with an overflowing love for the world.

Author: Mirabai Starr
Publisher: New Seeds
Published: 07/08/2008
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.08w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9781590305737
ISBN10: 1590305736
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Christianity | Saints & Sainthood

About the Author

Mirabai Starr is an adjunct professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico. She has studied a wide variety of religious traditions, including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity. She is also the translator of Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle and The Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.