Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922

By Alasdair MacIntyre

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074254995X
• ISBN13: 9780742549951
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"