num_pages: 98
description: Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient beatified by the Catholic Church in 2003, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was celebrated by heads of state and adored by millions for her work on behalf of the poor. In his measured critique, Hitchens asks only that Mother Teresa's reputation be judged by her actions-not the other way around.With characteristic elan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens eviscerates the fawning cult of Teresa, recasting the Albanian missionary as a spurious, despotic, and megalomaniacal operative of the wealthy who long opposed measures to end poverty, and fraternized, for financial gain, with tyrants and white-collar criminals throughout the world.
language: English
title: The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
titlecomplete: The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
characters: Charles Keating, Indira Gandhi, Marion Barry, Ken MacMillan, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Arianna Huffington, Salman Rushdie, William F. Buckley, Jr., Peter Chafer, Pat Robertson, Tariq Ali, John Henry Newman, Hillary Clinton, Enver Hoxha, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Susan Shields, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Benito Mussolini, Christopher Hitchens, François Duvalier, Mother Teresa, Zog, King of Albania, Roger Delano Hinkins, Clare Boothe Luce, Robert Maxwell, Malcolm Muggeridge, Thomas Paine
genres: Essays, Politics, Religion, Biography, Philosophy, Atheism, India, Nonfiction, History, Journalism
ratings_count: 10872
places: Kolkata, Calcutta, Knock, County Mayo
publisher: Verso