Edith Stein
Subtitle: The Life and Legacy of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: August 24, 2017
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781622824649
Description: In the wake of World War I when neither Jews nor women were widely accepted in academia, Edith Stein rose to prominence as a leading philosopher who thrived in the intellectual community in Germany. She shocked both her Jewish family and her academic friends when she fell in love with Jesus Christ and became a Roman Catholic

More shocking still, eleven years later, Edith entered the cloistered Carmelite order to follow a life of mystic and contemplative prayer, changing her name to Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Edith Stein s surrender to grace is all the more visible because of the dark night that enveloped the period of history in which she lived and died when millions of men and women, including Edith Stein herself, were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime in the name of diligent ethnic cleansing.

Today, as the meaning of feminism is lost in a world of relativism, Edith Stein provides a model for a true feminist woman who authentically integrates faith, family, and work. Award-winning journalist Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda brings new light to this complex woman, her culture, and the pivotal period of history in which she lived and died.

More than a biography, these pages paint a multifaceted portrait of Edith Stein as seen by scholars, friends, and relatives and by Catholics and Jews alike. You ll gain new insights into the complex aspects of her life and death, as well as the impact of her character and personality on those who knew her. But most of all, you will enter into the interior life of this woman of Jewish descent who transformed her entire life because of her encounter with Jesus Christ, an encounter that led her from the depths of atheism to the heights of sainthood.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; label: Part 1:
title: Edith Stein's Sainthood; label: 1.
title: Edith Stein's Journey to Sainthood; label: Part 2:
title: Life in a Jewish Family; label: 2.
title: The Stein Family; label: 3.
title: German Jews: A Brief Historical Setting; label: 4.
title: Edith's Changing World; label: Part 3:
title: Edith the Philosopher; label: 5.
title: "My Desire for Truth Was Itself a Prayer"; label: 6.
title: Phenomenology and University Life; label: 7.
title: The War to En All Wars; label: 8.
title: Back to the World of Academia; label: 9.
title: Struggling into Faith: Conversion; label: 10.
title: On Being Woman; label: 11.
title: Catholic Circles: Writing as Political Stance; label: Part 4:
title: Blessed by the Truth; label: 12.
title: At Carmel's Door; label: 13.
title: Out of Death, New Life; label: 14.
title: Fullness of Faith: Edith the Contemplative; label: 15.
title: The Last Days; label: Part 5:
title: The Legacy of Edith Stein; label: 16.
title: Peace That Surpasses Understanding; label: 17.
title: Jewish by Birth, Martyr by Death; label: 18.
title: Jewish and Catholic Dilemmas; label: 19.
title: In the Hands of Divine Providence; label: 20.
title: Edith Stein's Gift to the World; label: 21.
title: Edith's Signature Phrase; label: 22.
title: A Natural Journey with Edith; title: Works Consulted; title: Special Acknowledgements; title: Index