O amor na perspectiva de Teresa de Ávila

Abstract

The theme of this thesis is the love in Teresa of Ávila. The contribution of teresian spirituality is essential in the way of showing the importance of the individual to find itself in the search for God. Find itself to truly find the Lord and the other. In this sense, it’s an experience to the fullness of existence: the being, God and the other. The central emphasis of this work is that a concept of love to God and the other is created, in Teresa, with the simultaneously discovery of oneself, in a broad form of love. The presentation of this thesis is organized in four chapters. The first chapter covers the themes of spirituality and mystic in the perspective of Teresa’s century and how they are indicated in her work. On the second chapter, the symbolical themes of the soul’s center are presented. The third chapter covers an itinerary of the soul to God, showing that the result for trying to find God, the other and itself is, in fact, loving from the inside. The spiritual matrimony is treated as the key to finding the self on God. In the forth chapter is shown a reading of the themes of prayer, humbleness, detachment and charity in the work of Teresa of Ávila.