Teresa Skepticism Summary

Teresa used deliberate communicative strategies to gain acceptance from the male authoritative structure. The writing strategy or “wit” that Teresa used to assert herself into a position of authority was skepticism. Broadly defined, skepticism is a philosophy that casts doubt on the possibility of knowledge. Ultimately, Teresa finds that using anti-intellectualism of Christian skepticism and apophatic spirituality a weapon against the learned men of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Teresa constantly uses expressions such as “it seems to me”, “it could be”, and “it might be so” as a strategy against church authorities who suspected her heresy. Teresa calls into rhetoric of abjection, which means that she belittles her own intellectual capacity