Teresa of Avila Doctor of the Soul

This book is a penetrating analysis of the life, work and context of saint Teresa of Avila - this most popular and influential of all saints. Included are her life and times, her mystical theology, instructions on prayer and her relevance for today. In our reading we realise that the wounded and disorientated postmodern soul is being called back to the ancient realities of the pre-modern self. Listening carefully the quiet song of a little girl can be discerned; singing in a cool courtyard high above the mountains of central Spain on a hot summer afternoon a long long time ago.