Books by Peter Tyler
“This is a very successful, quite recent overview of Teresa’s thinking as well as her life. There are a number of good lives but this is one brings in her thinking, her writing, rather more.” Read more...
The best books on Saint Teresa of Avila
Rowan Williams, Theologians & Historians of Religion
Interviews where books by Peter Tyler were recommended
The best books on Saint Teresa of Avila, recommended by Rowan Williams
St Teresa of Avila was one of the towering figures of the Counter-Reformation, both as a theologian and as a reformer of the religious life. Here, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, discusses her insights into spiritual growth and prayer, the impact her Jewish roots had on her life and career, and why Bernini’s statue of her in ecstasy is unhelpful.
