Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church: A Spiritual Reader

by Carmen Acevedo Butcher

Overview

Meet the incomparable St. Hildegard: nourishing, challenging, and idea—bursting. This essential reader includes selections from her songs, theological texts, liturgical music, and letters and will stir and awaken your soul. Combined with an introduction to Hildegard’s life and era, a map of Hildegard’s Germany, chronology, and a thorough bibliography/discography, Hildegard of Bingen provides the ideal introduction to the thought of this fascinating medieval mystic and the newest Doctor of the Church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612613703
Publisher:	Paraclete Press
Publication date:	01/02/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Carmen Acevedo Butcher is an author, poet, and teacher. A translator of Early Modern French, German, Latin, Middle English, and Old English, she has made accessible works by writers including Ælfric, The Cloud's Anonymous, Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich, and Mechthild of Magdeburg. Carmen teaches in the College Writing Programs at UC Berkeley. At present, Carmen is based in the Bay Area, where she is often found among the snowy egrets in the marsh. Visit her on the Web at www.carmenbutcher.com.