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by: Jean-Francois Six
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 282.092
EAN: 9780268013219
ISBN: 0268013217
Label: University of Notre Dame Press
Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 247
Publication Date: 1998-08
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Sales Rank: 1008813
Studio: University of Notre Dame Press
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Rating:  - A rethinking of St. Therese of Lisieux
Father Six has rescued Therese from the excessive sentimentality foisted on the world by her sister Pauline (Mother Agnes) and the Lisieux Carmel. He has shown us the real Therese, a giant of the spiritual life. By showing how even the change of one word by Pauline altered the meaning of her work, we are able to finally arrive at a portrait of Therese that is true. Her emphasis on love which is the core of her teaching is given its proper place by Father Six's reinterpretation. This is a valuable ... Read More
Rating:  - For Serious St. Therese of Lisieux Readers
St. Therese's famous and flowery autobiography, Story of a Soul, was so heavily edited by her sister Pauline (Mother Agnes of Jesus), that it could be considered more Pauline's views of the future Saint's theology than St. Therese's, herself. After reading it, I was left still searching for Therese, herself, and her beliefs and theology. How did she become such a great Saint, so favored by Jesus?
Light of the Night, flawed by the author's anger at his rejection by the established Lisieux hierarchy, ... Read More
Rating: - Off the dashboards and into our hearts...
Jean-Francois Six has given Therese back to the world. As a Carmelite contemplative living at the end of the 19th century, Therese was in the midst of a cultural and spiritual revolution as Faith began to give way to Doubt and Cynical Skepticism. Her struggle was to remain faithful to her mystical devotion to Christ in the midst of a world eager to find new, and even more dubious, devotions. Her solution: if you can't beat them, join them; not by discarding faith, but by allowing the full force of doubt to fill ... Read More
Rating: - An examination of the REAL writings of St. Therese vs EDITED
Jean-Francois Six shows you how St. Therese's sister editd The Story of A Soul and how it changes crucial elements of the saint's theology. It also covers the "touch-ups" of the saint's photographs. But the most provocative portion of the book points out how the saint died in the "dark night of the soul"..
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