McCormack, Mary, O.C.D., Upon This Mountain: Prayer in the CarmeliteTradition

Abstract

This book, whilst not an academic study, is nevertheless worthy of notice in Carmelus since it expands upon a study course on ‘Prayer  in the Carmelite Tradition’ written by the author and her prioress at Notting Hill Carmel in London, offered as part of the Carmelite  Institute of Britain & Ireland’s Adult Education Diploma in Carmelite Studies (www.cibi.ie). The scholarly apparatus of the book is  minimal, but quotations are given appropriate citation within the text or as footnotes. The book is also noteworthy in terms of  Carmelite publishing, as one of the first offerings of the recently revived Teresian Press, based at the Discalced Carmelite Priory at  Boars Hill near Oxford, and the appended list of forthcoming titles is enticing.