The Last Years of Saint Therese
Doubt and Darkness, 1895-1897
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 August 2013
- ISBN 9780199987665
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 236x155x27 mm
- Weight 544 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 b/w halftones 0
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Short description:
In Thérèse of Lisieux: God's Gentle Warrior, Thomas Nevin examined the popular saint in the broad context of her life with her family and as a Carmelite nun. Now he focuses on her writings, especially the last of her three "autobiographical" manuscripts, known simply as "C". Nevin's book addresses the torment of doubt within the life and writing of a saint best known for the strength of her conviction.
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For over a century, the Carmelite Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897) has been revered as Catholicism's foremost folk saint of modern times. Universally known as "the Little Flower, " she has been a source of consolation and uplift, an example of everyday sainthood by "the Little Way. " This book puts aside that piety and addresses the torment of doubt within the life and writing of a saint best known for the strength of her conviction.
Nevin examines the dynamics of Christian doubt, and argues that it is integral to the journey toward selfless love which Therese was compelled to take. Thérèse's metaphors for doubt were 'tunnel', 'fog', and 'vault', each one suggesting darkness, dimness, and enclosure. What, Nevin asks, did doubt mean to her? What was its source and nature? What was its object? He gives close attention to her reading and interpretations of the Old and New Testaments as pathways through her inner wilderness. Her Carmel of spiritual sisters becomes a vivid setting for this drama, with other women challenging Thérèse by their own trials of faith. One of Thérèse's indispensable lessons, Nevin concludes, is the acceptance of helplessness.
Bringing a new direction to the study of Therese, and of the problematics of sainthood itself, this book reveals how Thérèse's response to divine abandonment is a unique and painfully won imitation of Christ.
This book is a very fine historical study reflecting both a sophisticated close reading of texts and a mastery of the sources. The two volumes Nevin has given us are indispensable for anyone who wishes to engage the life and thought of this young woman who has been honored by the Catholic Church as a Doctor of the Church.
Table of Contents:
Preface: Dwelling Upon Darkness
Introduction
Abbreviations
I. Her Spanish Masters: Darkness within the Carmel
II. Seeking Light from the Bible
III. Bearing the Cross of Community
IV. Her Spiritual Brothers Guide Her Down
V. Final Charity: The Last Autobiography
Conclusion: Out of the Darkness
Appendix 1: The Text of Her Darkness
Appendix 2: The Darkness of Teresa de Jesús
Notes
Selected Annotated Bibliography
Index
