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Therese of Lisieux - God's Gentle Warrior (Hardcover)
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Therese of Lisieux - God's Gentle Warrior (Hardcover)
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Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), also known as St. Therese of the
Child Jesus and the Holy Face, is popularly named the Little
Flower. A Carmelite nun, doctor of the church, and patron of a
score of causes, she was famously acclaimed by Pope Pius X as the
greatest saint of modern times. Therese is not only one of the most
beloved saints of the Catholic Church but perhaps the most revered
woman of the modern age. Pope John Paul II described her as a
living icon of God. Her autobiography Story of a Soul has been
translated into sixty languages. Having long transcended national
and linguistic boundaries, she has crossed even religious ones. As
daughter of Allah, she is venerated widely in Islamic cultures.
Therese has been the subject of innumerable biographies and
treatises, ranging from hagiographies to attacks on her
intelligence and mental health. Thomas R. Nevin has gained access
to many untapped archival materials and previously unpublished
photographs. As a consequence he is able to offer a much fuller and
more accurate portrait of the saint's life and thought than his
predecessors. He explores the dynamics of her family life and the
early development of her spirituality. He draws extensively on the
correspondence of her mother and documents her influence on
Thereses autobiography and spirituality. He charts the development
of Thereses career as a writer. He gives close attention to her
poetry and plays usually dismissed as undistinguished and argues
that they have great value as texts by which she addressed and
informed her Carmelite community. He delves into the French medical
literature of the time, in an effort to understand how the
tuberculosis of which she died at the age of 24 was treated and
lamentably mistreated. Finally, he offers a new understanding of
Therese as a theologian for whom love, rather than doctrines and
creeds, was the paramount value. Adding substantially to our
knowledge and appreciation of this immensely popular and attractive
figure, this book should appeal to many general readers as well as
to scholars and students of modern Catholic history.
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