Bøger af Shirley du Boulay

Dame Cicely Saunders was the founder of the Hospice Movement, in which Britain leads the world. Her work transformed our approach to the care of the dying, and also the debate about euthanasia. She died in 2005 and her memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey in March 2006. This biography includes chapters that cover the years after 1984.

A biography of Teresa of Avila, an irreverent and fiery Renaissance woman. It includes excerpts from her letters and sublime spiritual writings. It details her unconventional, progressive views on prayer and worship, her outstanding administrative and literary talents, and how she spent much of her life under the scrutiny of the Inquisition.

Describes the life of Swami Abhishiktananda (1910-1973), the name adopted by Friar Henri le Saux after he emigrated to India, in 1948. This work also explains the spiritual path he launched, integrating Christian and Hindu elements.

An authorised biography of one of the great mystics of the 20th century. Bede believed that the future of the world depended on the marriage of East and West and spent his life trying to transcend the divisions between religions. In the 1950s he founded a religious community in Southern India as an international centre for all ages and faiths.