by Barbara Mujica (Author)
In 1562, Teresa de Avila founded the Discalced Carmelites and launched a reform movement that would pit her against the Church hierarchy and the male officials of her own religious order. This new spirituality, which stressed interiority and a personal relationship with God, was considered dangerous and subversive.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 15 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0826516319
ISBN 13: 9780826516312