St. Catherine of Siena is well-known for her mysticism, preaching, and piercing intellect—she’s the only layperson to ever be named a Doctor of the Church—but her work is written with a fiery passion that is not common to theological works.

This unique book looks at her life through not only the lens of Dominican spirituality but also the work of Renaissance philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and the modern psychologist Carl Jung. Murray ultimately draws a compelling portrait of a saint and thinker whose writing still speaks to us forcefully.