The Book of Her Life
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Book of Her Life
By (Author) Teresa of Avila
Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh
Translated by Otilio Rodriguez
By (author) Jodi Bilinkoff
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
15th March 2008
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Christianity
Mysticism
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
248.22092
Physical Properties
Paperback
392
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
454g
Description
The Hackett edition of Teresa of Avila's spiritual autobiography features Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez's authoritative translation of The Book of Her Life with a new Introduction by Jodi Bilinkoff that will prove especially valuable to students of Early Modern Spain, the history of Christian spirituality, and classic women writers. A map, chronology, and index are also included.
Reviews
Listed in Theological Book Review 2009
Author Bio
Kieran Kavanaugh O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez O.C.D. are translators of The Collected Works of Saint Teresa of Avila and The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross , both published by the Institute of Carmelite Studies. Jodi Bilinkoff is Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and author of Related Lives: Confessors and Their Female Penitents , 1450-1750 (2005) and The Avila of Saint Teresa: Religious Reform in a Sixteenth Century City (1989), both published by Cornell University Press.
