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Edith Stein

by Alasdair Macintyre
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Synopsis

Edith Stein lived an unconventional life. Born into a devout Jewish family, she drifted into atheism in her mid teens, took up the study of philosophy, studied with Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, became a pioneer in the women's movement in Germany, a military nurse in World War I, converted from atheism to Catholic Christianity, became a Carmelite nun, was murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, and canonized by Pope John Paul II.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 2007
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780826494016

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