[Figures mystiques féminines]
Year:
1989
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Ignatius Press
Year of publication:
2022
Pages:
195
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
This is a specialized study on five female mystical figures (Hadewijch d'Anvers, Térèse d'Avila, Thérèse de Lisieux, Elisabeth de la Trinité, Edith Stein), from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The author underlines the decisive role of women in the renewal and vitality of the Church, in the face of the challenges that have been presented to her over the course of time.
In addition to synthetically recounting the lives of each of them, the author focuses on the theological-mystical scope of their writings, and shows the strong continuity that exists between these figures. However, it is not intended to be a “demonstration” of this fact, but rather a confrontation of these figures, letting them speak for themselves.