We develop in the following pages three key notes that characterize Teresian language and spirituality: self-involvement, relevance, and performativity. The human ‘I’ together with the divine presence is involved in Teresian ...

The God with whom Saint Teresa experiments, lives and communicates in her writings is the Trinitarian God, who is present in her life and acts in her from the beginning to the fullness of plenitude. This indicates that the ...

In Edith Stein’s works one can find reflections of some of Saint Teresa of Àvila’s ideas. Similarity of their characters can be one clue to explain it, but what’s more important – it is their Carmelite spirituality what ...

“For the rest, it is enough that I am a woman to make my sails droop”. This meaningful statement of St. Teresa of Jesus reveals, in an excellent way, the mentality typical for her times. Careful reading of the Teresian ...