Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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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 circle of relatives 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 lifetime of mystic and contemplative prayer, changing her name to Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Edith Stein s give up to grace is the entire more visible on account of the dark night that enveloped the period of history during which she lived and died when millions of women and men, 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, circle of relatives, and work. Award-winning journalist Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda brings new light to this complex woman, her culture, and the pivotal period of history during 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, in addition to the have an effect on of her character and personality on those who knew her. But most of all, you’ll enter into the interior life of this woman of Jewish descent who transformed her entire life on account of her encounter with Jesus Christ, an encounter that led her from the depths of atheism to the heights of sainthood.

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