Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chronology Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE--THE STORY 1. Childhood 2. Adolescence 3. Patterns of Emergence 4. Middle Adulthood 5. Old Age PART TWO--HER BACKGROUND 6. Family 7. Her Country: Spain and Spaniards in the Golden Age PART THREE--THEMES OF HER LIFE 8. The Journey to Her Own Voice 9. Morality 10. Psychology and Prayer 11. Teresa's Prayer and Her Psychology of Prayer 12. Teresa's Playfulness Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Francis L. Gross, Jr. is Professor of Religion at the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Michigan University and is the author of a number of books on developmental psychology and religion. Toni Perior Gross is a psychotherapist in private practice.

Reviews

"I like the authors' clear insights into Teresa from a psychological point of view. The authors not only know about Teresa but, more significantly, 'know' her in an empathetic mode. Thus the writing is smooth, never strained, as they call upon the examples of other spiritual men and women whose lives shed light on Teresa's. Their familiarity with psychology translates into eminently readable prose." - Mary E. Giles, California State University, Sacramento