John of the Cross: Man and Mystic

Rating:
Summary: A very good and accessible biography. . .
Review: . . .of St. John of the Cross.

St. John of the Cross was a complex man. Mystic, theologian, reformer, poet -- St. John was all of these and more. Yet our modern society too often shunts him to the side.

Hardy, in this well-written and human biography, brings out the "soul" of the man who was (along with St. Teresa of Avila) the backbone of the reform of the Carmelite order.

Anyone interesed in St. John of the Cross -- or Carmelite spirituality in general -- would do well to read this book.

Recommended.