Overview
Colette Livermore recounts the horrors she saw and tried to remedy in her work with the sisters of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in some of the poorest places in the East.
Full Product Details
Author: Colette Livermore
Publisher: Random House Australia
Imprint: William Heinemann Australia
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9781741666533
ISBN 10: 1741666538
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 November 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""This penetrating book unveils the blindness that lurks in many spiritual organizations and traditions, and confronts an issue that still corrupts contemporary religious organizations -- naive belief used to justify ignorance, obedience, and neglect rather than to galvanize social change, improve lives, and foster spiritual connections. As her compelling story unfolds, Ms. Livermore slowly realizes that she and her fellow nuns are being taught to 'spiritualize' their own emotional abuse, and she can no longer submit to it. Like all good stories, this one involves a strong, public personality -- Mother Teresa -- and the clash between extremes of innocence and authority. Reading this clear-eyed book is a good first step toward dealing with the shadow side of spirituality and to opening a door to a brighter, more mature way of being in the world."" -- Thomas Moore, author of ""Care of the Soul"""
This penetrating book unveils the blindness that lurks in many spiritual organizations and traditions, and confronts an issue that still corrupts contemporary religious organizations -- naive belief used to justify ignorance, obedience, and neglect rather than to galvanize social change, improve lives, and foster spiritual connections. As her compelling story unfolds, Ms. Livermore slowly realizes that she and her fellow nuns are being taught to 'spiritualize' their own emotional abuse, and she can no longer submit to it. Like all good stories, this one involves a strong, public personality -- Mother Teresa -- and the clash between extremes of innocence and authority. Reading this clear-eyed book is a good first step toward dealing with the shadow side of spirituality and to opening a door to a brighter, more mature way of being in the world. -- Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul
Author Information
Dr Colette Livermore joined Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity at the age of seventeen. After serving for eleven years, Colette went to medical school, obtained her medical degree from the University of Queensland, and worked with isolated, Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. She is currently a GP and lives in New South Wales.
