Thérèse of Lisieux
Subtitle: God's gentle warrior
By: Thomas R. Nevin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Thérèse, -- de Lisieux, Saint, -- 1873-1897; Christian saints -- France -- Lisieux -- Biography; Lisieux (France) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Thérèse of Liseux (1873-1897), also known as St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, is popularly named the Little Flower. This work charts the development of Therese's career as a writer. It offers a different understanding of Therese as a theologian for whom love, rather than doctrines and creeds, was the paramount value.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-390) and index