'Women Mystics: Hadewijch of Antwerp, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Edith Stein' by Louis Bouyer (Books)


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Books : Women Mystics: Hadewijch of Antwerp, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Edith Stein

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by: Louis Bouyer See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 248.220922 EAN: 9780898704341 ISBN: 0898704340 Label: Ignatius Press Manufacturer: Ignatius Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 197 Publication Date: 1993-03 Publisher: Ignatius Press Sales Rank: 1514502 Studio: Ignatius Press Related Items: The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself (Penguin Classics) Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta Dark Night of the Soul Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction Interior Castle see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - informative, but only just! This is an interesting book, enough that I wish it were a great one. Generous delving into Hadewijch of Antwerp, her mysticism and its rights, right to the essence of Hadewigian spirituality-- there are some fine passages illumined with Bouyer's considerable gifts, and a superb translation (by Mother Columba Hart) of a Hadewijch spring aubade that leaves you pinned to its two pages for a spell! Bouyer's thought is lean and clean, and admirable for that, but pointlessly smug with a really old-fashioned ... Read More

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