Edith Stein St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
author Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
207 pages ppbk
Introduction written by Edith Stein's niece Susanne Batzdorff.
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was a brilliant professor, an intellectual, a philosopher, a feminist, and a Jew. She was also a convert, a contemplative nun, a martyr of the Holocaust. Now she is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Better known as Edith Stein, she is perhaps the most controversial saint in recent history.
Now award-winning journalist Maria Ruiz Scaperkanda brings this complex woman, her culture, and her pivotal period of history in which she lived and died into the new millenium. More than a biography, this gripping account recalls the struggle with truth, Faith, and prayer Edith Stein ultimately faced.
