Simone Weil and the Intellect of Grace
"In this collection of essays, Finch treats the whole range of Weil's thought with incisiveness and originality….Finch's book is well-suited for those who are already familiar with Weil and who wish to see her thought examined along somewhat different lines than usual."—Religious Studies Review"Understands Simone Weil more perfectly than most among the scores of writers in English who have tried to interpret her thought in the past thirty years. Finch...masterfully recounts with transparency what he sees in her work. The reader experiences one important philosopher, Finch, reading another, Simone Weil. The reader is rewarded by this over and over." —Richard H. Bell, The Journal of Religion, November 2001"For the astute student of Weil's understandings and writings, this text will be most helpful. For the person who has never been introduced to the thoughts, works, and beliefs of Weil…it would serve well as a reference resource."—Anna Marie Kane, S.SJ, Catholic Library World, December 2001"An exceptionally good addition to the growing scholarship concerned with the life and contribution of Weil. Finch's attention to Weil's religious thought proves to be thoroughgoing, perhaps because his academic commitments included in the teaching of courses in the history of religions as well as philosophy. His erudition in these religious traditions assures a close and convincing presentation of Weil as a religious thinker of and for the world." —Clare B. Fischer, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, March 2002--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.