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. Arrested by the Nazis she di[...]

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, con[...]

How do we judge that a life has been well spent? We look to the intentions of the person, the contribution made to society and, most of all to the fulfillment of God's will in that life. As a child and adult, Edith Stein made love of family, friends and the whole human race a priority in her life. A[...]

MacIntyre is one of the major British philosophers of the post-war years, and a convert to Roman Catholicism. Edith Stein was an intellectual of considerable importance in the period between the two World Wars. The fact that she was also canonised as a Saint is truly remarkable: a Jewish convert to [...]

Presents the life of Edith Stein while going behind the well known labels--Jewess, philosopher, Carmelite nun, martyr of Auschwitz--to reveal the inner struggles of a truly inspirational person. Draws on her writings on prayer, some of which are not yet available in English.[...]

Many interested reader will have put aside a work by Edith Stein due to its seeming inaccessibility, with the awareness that there was something important there for a future occasion. This collection of essays attempts to provide an idea of what this important something might be and give a key to th[...]

Edith Stein, die große Karmelitin und Märtyrerin, war vor allem auch eine herausragende Philosophin. In "Endliches und ewiges Sein" lässt sie zwei Welten aufeinander treffen: die christliche Philosophie der Scholastik und die säkulare Philosophie moderner und zeitgenössischer Denker. Sie entwic[...]

Edith Stein (1891-1942), aus einer orthodox-jüdischen Familie stammend und 1922 zum Katholizismus konvertiert, gehört als engagierte Lehrerin und Frauenrechtlerin, als Vordenkerin eines fruchtbaren Gesprächs zwischen Christen und Juden zu den prägenden Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Lebens[...]