Enkindling Love The Legacy of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross
Enkindling Love: The Legacy of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross by Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, published by Fortress Press in 2016, explores the journey toward a living partnership with God as articulated by two prominent mystical teachers in Christianity. This 175-page book presents excerpts from Teresa of Avila’s *Interior Castle* alongside selections from John of the Cross’s *Dark Night of the Soul*, *Spiritual Canticle*, and *The Living Flame of Love*, illustrating stages of spiritual growth and transformation.
Readers will find a thoughtful examination of how divine love invites individuals into deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others. Through textual passages and commentary, the book emphasizes the transformative power of God’s love as experienced by Teresa and John, highlighting its participatory nature that shapes personal and communal realities. This edition serves as a guide for those interested in the intersections of biography, mysticism, and Christian theology, providing insights into the historical context and spiritual teachings of these influential figures.
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Enkindling Love chronicles the journey toward a living partnership with God, as articulated by two of Christianity’s great mystical teachers. Excerpts from the seven dwelling places of Teresa of Avilas Interior Castle are held together with selections from John of the Crosss Dark Night of the Soul, Spiritual Canticle, and The Living Flame of Love, in order to show stages of growth and transformation. The book chronicles our partnership with God as we accept the divine invitation to deepening friendship and intimacy and begin to live in the full fruition of the mystical life. Moving through the process via textual passages and commentary, readers are invited to consider how the love of God actively invites us into deeper relationship not only with God but also with self and other. Because Teresa and John experienced Gods love as a transforming power, they teach that it is a participatory reality that shapes and remakes us, even as it invites us to collaborate with God in the remaking of our world.
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