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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biographie Biografie Biography |
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Named Person: | Edith Stein, Saint; Stein; Edith Stein, Saint; Edith Stein, Heilige; Edith Stein |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joyce Avrech Berkman |
ISBN: | 0268021899 9780268021894 0268021880 9780268021887 |
OCLC Number: | 180918045 |
Notes: | Literaturverz. S. 338 - 342 |
Description: | XIII, 354 S. Ill. 24 cm |
Responsibility: | ed. by Joyce Avrech Berkman |
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". . . A valuable contribution to the fields of history, religion, philosophy, feminist thought, and . . . reveals the power and versatility of Edith Stein's life and thought." -- Central European History "An impressive collection of essays from an international network of highly respected Edith Stein scholars. . . . Teeming with insights, they cannot fail to stimulate anyone interested in Edith Stein." -- Mount Carmel Magazine "A valuable contribution to the existing literature on Edith Stein. These quality essays are written by a well-established international network of commentators and translators of Stein.""A valuable contribution to the existing literature on Edith Stein. These quality essays are written by a well-established international network of commentators and translators of Stein." -- Elisabeth Young-Brueh "We badly need this new book on Edith Stein, so that we may ponder how a brilliant Jewish woman in Weimar Germany could become a Carmelite nun, yet retain a vivid Jewish identity and close ties to her family. The essays help us synthesize Stein's troubling legacy as an accomplished philosopher, a Catholic saint, a Jewish daughter, and a stubborn feminist who was trapped in very dark times indeed." -- Herman Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies, University of California at San Diego "Readers will be fascinated by this multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art, well-contextualized essay collage on the life and writings of Edith Stein. A remarkable woman in every respect, the deeply spiritual Edith Stein crossed many seemingly uncrossable boundaries-national, linguistic, religious, intellectual-in her search for understanding of the human condition. This volume, ably orchestrated by Joyce Berkman, provides English-language readers an excellent introduction to a brilliant, complex, twentieth-century European woman: intellectual, philosopher, feminist, Jew, Christian, and Catholic saint." -- Karen Offen, Ph.D. Read more...

