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. Renowned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074255953X
• ISBN13: 9780742559530
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 6.1"