Interpersonal Friendship: A Prerequisite to Mystical Contemplation, according to St. Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila, a 16th-century Carmelite nun known as a teacher of the mystical life, proposed interpersonal friendship as one of the prerequisites for the life of prayer. She envisaged prayer as an interpersonal relationship with the triune God and considered interpersonal friendship among the asp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
2022
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Teresa, de Jesús 1515-1582
/ Friendship
/ Platonic love
/ Prayer
/ Mysticism
/ Contemplation
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Interpersonal friendship
B love of neighbor B Spiritual love B Teresa of Avila B Prayer |
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