The Autobiography of St Teresa of Avila Author:Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. & Otilio Rodriguez O.C.D. A sixteenth-century Carmelite nun, St. Teresa of Avila was the first woman to be named a doctor of the Catholic church and to this day - largely as a result of her writings - she remains an important and inspiring religious figure. Her autobiography, on of St. Teresa's best-known works, is an inviting and timeless guide to the hows and whys of l... more »etting God into your life. In a natural and engaging narrative voice, she tells of her own complex spiritual awakening, traces her education and subsequent humiliations and exaltations, and discusses prayer's power to uplift the soul and her own experiences of God's Presence.« less