Author: Ahlgren, Gillian T.W.
Title: Teresa of Avila and the Politics of Sanctity
Description: Ithaca [NY], Cornell University Press, (1996). orig.cloth, dustwrappper. 23x15cm, ix, 188 pp. Some rubbing. Corners bumped. Some page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: Woman & the Pursuit of Holiness in 16th-Century Spain; Filling the Void: The Vocation of Teresa de Jesús; The Right to Write: Authority & Rhetorical Strategy in Teresa's Works; Apologia por la Mística Femenina: Teresa's Theological Agenda; Preter Naturam? Posthumous Debates on Teresa' s Orthodoxy; Teresa la Santa: Along of All Her Sex? Conclusion; Appendix: Primary & Secondary Sources on Inquisitorial Inquiries Regarding Teresa de Jesús & her Works.

Keywords: History of Religion, Teresa of Avila, Christian Saints, Roman Catholic, Saint Sainthood, Counter-Reformation, Spain Spanish, Catholicism, Theology