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Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
“In the wake of World War I, when neither Jews nor women were widely accepted in academia, Edith Stein rose to prominences 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 become 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 but he 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 theinteriror 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.” [From the cover]
Contents
Foreword by Michael Linssen OCD
Introduction by Susanne Batzdorff
Part 1: Edith Stein’s Sainthood
Edith Stein’s Journey to Sainthood
Part 2: Life in a Jewish Family
The Stein Family
German Jews: A Brief Historical Setting
Edith’s Changing World
Part 3: Edith the Philosopher
“My Desire for Truth Was Itself a Prayer”
Phenomenology and University Life
The War to End All Wars
Back to the World of Academia
Struggling into Faith: Conversion
On Being Woman
Catholic Circles: Writing as Political Science
Part 4: Blessed by the Truth
At Carmel’s Door
Out of Death, New Life
Fullness of Faith: Edith the Contemplative
The Last Days
Part 5: The Legacy of Edith Stein
Peace that Surpasses Understanding
Jewish by Birth, Martyr by Death
Jewish and Catholic Dilemmas
In the Hands of Divine Providence
Edith Stein’s Gift to the World
Edith’s Signature Phrase
A Natural Journey with Edith
Sophia Press, ©2017, Soft cover, 224 pages
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