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.
- | Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
- | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- | Publication Date: Dec 02, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 074254995X
- | ISBN-13: 9780742549951
