Saint Teresa of Avila: a precursor of reform movements and a visionary of modernity

• Babu Tharith ^[1]
  1. [1] St. Aloysius College, Elthuruth PO, Thrissur
• Localización: Actas: Congreso Interuniversitario Santa Teresa de Jesús, maestra de vida. Ávila, del 1 al 3 de agosto de 2015 / coord. por María Isabel Pérez Cuenca, María Isabel Abradelo de Usera, María Teresa Cid Vázquez, 2015, ISBN 978-84-9040-372-3, págs. 1160-1169
• Idioma: inglés
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  • It is only very rarely that history produces prodigies who remain etched forever in our collective memories. St. Teresa of Avila is of this class. Her footprints on the sands of time are phenomenal, for her towering spiritual profile eternally illumines the fabric of our minds. She was the first generation of renowned women reformers to exalt the saintly genius. This paper configures the challenges faced by the pioneering reform attempts at the background of thesocio-cultural upheaval and the unconventional life of St. Theresa as evident in her writings