Teresa of Avila on Theology and Shame

Loumagne, Megan

Abstract

This article examines Teresa of Avila's understanding of the relationship between spiritual dryness, intellectual frustration, and shame. It argues that Teresa presents these experiences as interconnected, as well as spiritually and intellectually valuable. This aspect of Teresa's thought provides important resources for theologians in the contemporary age in its insistence on the necessarily dynamic relationship between the spiritual and the intellectual in the life of the theologian. The article concludes with an examination of shame and its impact on theological developments in our time, as well as the possibilities for integrating shame productively.

Citation

Loumagne, M. (2018). Teresa of Avila on Theology and Shame. New Blackfriars, 99(1081), 388-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12235

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 3, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jun 23, 2016
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Deposit Date: Jun 30, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 1, 2020
• Journal: New Blackfriars
• Print ISSN: 0028-4289
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 1081
• Pages: 388-402
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12235
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3960416
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nbfr.12235