Leer en comunidad : libro y espiritualidad en la España de barroco

Resumo

In this  article  the  author   analyses the  books  that  influenced the  formation  of  different   forms  of

spirituality in Spain  during   the  16th  and  17th  centuries. In this  article  the  author  identifies the similarities between  the  relationships established with the  written  texts,  in three  different, ancf, to some  extent,  heterodox areas:  those  who  practised  a  proscribed religion (the  Moors),  those  who experienced and lived their  own  view of the Catholic faith (pious  women  and  Observant  Nun.\and the important  role  played  by women  Particularly focussed  is the  role  of reading. the type  of texts read and the particular dimension of reading  texts aloud  in a group,  which can be characterised. in some  cases  more  clearly  than  others,  as communities of readers or communities of interpretation Each community reading session was a way to reinforce the ties and identity  11'ithin the group,  but it also  led to a determinant praxis  conditioned by the mediation of the  reader,  particularly when the group  was  reading and  translating a text  from an  unfamiliar language, such  as  Arab  among  the Moors,  and,  when  the  reading \\'as carried  out  in a convent,  thus  being  conditioned by a previous authorisation of the mother  superior.