Evelyn Underhill - Ann Loades

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was born into an English legal family and herself married a lawyer. A pioneer of a woman-centred spirituality, she devoted her life to writing, in particular about the lives and thought of the mystical saints and eventually became a leading teacher of contemplative prayer.This is the newest of nine books in the new Fount series - the Fount Christian Thinkers. The series aims to provide essential details of biography and thought in a `bite-size' form, on subjects that range from theologians and mystics, to clerics and lay people.In all cases, a short introduction is followed by an extensive treatment of their life and works. Written by experts, and incorporating the most recent scholarship, these books provide accessible, stimulating introductions to the key Christian thinkers throughout the ages.