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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-Bruehl . . . 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 fields of history, religion, philosophy, feminist thought, and . . . reveals the power and versatility of Edith Stein's life and thought. -- Central European History 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 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 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.

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-Bruehl

. . . 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.

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. 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 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 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 . . . 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

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Joyce Avrech Berkman is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts. Contributors: Joyce Avrech Berkman, Dana K. Greene, Patricia Hampl, John Sullivan, OCD, Scott Spector, Theresa Wobbe, Angelika von Renteln, Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz, Linda Lopez McAlister, Rachel Feldhay Brenner, Lisa M. Dolling, Antonio Calcagno, Angela Ales Bello, Sarah Borden, and Beate Beckmann-Zöller.

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