Adventures in Prayer: Reflection on St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross and St Therese of Lisieux - Paperback

by Noel O'Donoghue (Author)

'Searching and moving... combines the sensibility to language and feeling of a poet with an astonishing intellectual boldness... a wonderful and visionary account of orthodox Christianity.'- Rowan Williams

One of the most respected and adventurous of writers on the mystical traditions of Christianity, himself a Carmelite, Noel Dermot O'Donoghue has gathered together his definitive reflections on the three great mystical doctors of the Catholic Church: St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross and St Therese of Lisieux.

These inter-related essays are the fruit of a lifetime, written in O'Donoghue's richly poetic way.

Author Biography

Noel O'Donoghue is the author of many books and articles on Christian mysticism and theology. He was lecturer in Philosophical Theology and Director of Studies in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh until his retirement in 1988.