The Intersubjectivity of the Mystic: A Study of Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle

by Mary Frohlich

Book Overview

In the popular mind, the mystic is seen as the supreme solitary. This image, if accurate, would make the mystical quest marginal in an era when much theology has emphasized socially responsible praxis. Against the popular image, Mary Frohlich develops a theological model -- based on the writings of Bernard Lonergan and the "self-psychology" of Heinz Kohut -- that both respects mysticism's irreducible character and shows how it concretely transforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555409326
• ISBN13: 9781555409326
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"