A Theresian Moment: French Catholics and the Spirituality of the Ordinary in the 1930s

The subject of this article is the lived religion of lay Catholics devoted to the woman described as one of the greatest saints of the modern era, Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, known as Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897). It draws on letters written to the Lisieux Carmel in Normandy at t...

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Main Author: Drapac, Vesna 1958- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2024
In: Journal of religious history
Year: 2024, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-54
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