Steven Payne, OCD, of the Washington Province of Discalced Carmelite Friars, is a member of the Carmelite Friars' formation team at the Monastery of St. John of the Cross near Nairobi, Kenya, and director of the Institute of Spirituality and Religious Formation (ISRF) at Tangaza College, a constituent college of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi. He is the past editor of ICS Publications and of Spiritual Life magazine and the author of several works in philosophy of religion, theology, and Carmelite spirituality. He is a member of the Carmelite Forum and of the Carmelite Institute in Washington DC, of which he is a past president. Phyllis Zagano is senior research associate-in-residence and adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University and founding co-chair of the Roman Catholic Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion. The author or editor of eighteen books in religious studies, including Catholic Press Association and College Theology Society book award winners, Zagano is also the series editor of the Spirituality in History Series published by Liturgical Press.

• ContentsAcknowledgments   viiPreface   xiIntroduction   xiiiThe Carmelite Tradition   xxiThe Carmelite Rule (ca. 1207)   1Ignea Sagitta (The Flaming Arrow) (ca. 1270)   10The Book of the Institution of the First Monks (ca. 1380)   21Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)   26John of the Cross (1542–1591)   42Jerome Gracián (1545–1614)   64Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi (1566–1607)   72John of St. Samson (1571–1636)   78Lawrence of the Resurrection (1614–1691)  86Michael of St. Augustine (1621–1684) and Maria Petyt (1623–1677)   97Martyrs of Compiègne (d. 1794)   104Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)   115Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)   127 Titus Brandsma (1881–1942)   135Edith Stein (1891–1942)   147Jessica Powers (1905–1988)   158Recent Voices   170Notes   180Selected Bibliography   185

Explore The Carmelite Tradition with the expert guidance of Fr. Steven Payne who has composed a clear, elegant and insightful guide to the extraordinary riches of the Carmelite charism. You will be profoundly enriched by your time with Fr. Payne's beautifully written text.Dr. Keith J. Egan, President, Carmelite Institute, Aquinas Chair Emeritus, St. Mary's College, Adjunct Professor of Theology, Notre Dame University