Authors: Edith Stein, John Sullivan
ISBN-13: 9781570754289, ISBN-10: 1570754284
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Orbis Books
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Edith Stein (1891-1942), who was recently canonized, was one of the most intriguing Catholics of the twentieth century. A Jewish convert, an eminent philosopher, educator, and advocate for women, she became a Discalced Carmelite nun, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was arrested by the Nazis and died in Auschwitz in 1942. This volume highlights the extraordinary features of her spirituality -- a vision that integrated her philosophical training, her affinity for Carmelite mysticism, and her personal identification with the way of the Cross. Edith Stein provides a wonderful introduction to an extraordinary mind.
Preface | 11 | |
Chronology | 13 | |
Sources | 15 | |
Introduction: Resilient in Hope | 17 | |
1 | In and for the Life of the World | 35 |
Her Special Kind of Ecstasy | 36 | |
A Different Ecstasy Again | 39 | |
Without Barriers in the World | 42 | |
Daily Work, "A Single Liturgy" | 43 | |
Concern for Others | 59 | |
"To Stand ... for Others" | 60 | |
2 | Letting God's Plan Guide Us | 61 |
Lilies of the Field | 62 | |
"A State of Resting in God" | 62 | |
"Able to Rest in God" | 64 | |
"Carried by a Strong Arm" | 67 | |
"Living at the Lord's Hand" | 69 | |
My Plans, God's Plans | 70 | |
"Abiding in Her Providence" | 71 | |
Discerning God's Designs | 73 | |
Led by Another | 76 | |
3 | Searching for Deep Truth | 80 |
"Empathy as the Understanding of Spiritual Persons" | 81 | |
Confronting Beliefs | 82 | |
Empathy Brings Comfort to a Friend | 86 | |
Empathic Help for Others | 87 | |
"Deeper" Impressions | 89 | |
"All Who Seek Truth Seek God" | 90 | |
"A Yearning for Unveiled Clarity" | 91 | |
4 | Woman and Women | 94 |
Woman's Intrinsic Value in National Life | 95 | |
"To Know and Understand the World and People" | 109 | |
A Young Widow Prays | 113 | |
Dogma's Door to Ordination Open | 114 | |
Teresa, Great Woman | 117 | |
Mary's Symbolic Value | 122 | |
5 | Freedom at the Cross | 124 |
Eventually Golgotha | 125 | |
"The Cross Has No Purpose of Itself" | 125 | |
To Stand at the Cross | 127 | |
Love of the Cross: Thoughts for John of the Cross | 128 | |
Elevation of the Cross | 131 | |
The Marriage of the Lamb | 134 | |
Exaltation of the Cross | 141 | |
Hail Cross, Our Only Hope! | 145 | |
"Surrender Is the Highest Act of Freedom" | 145 | |
To the Resurrection | 153 |