Edith Stein: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
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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.Award-winning journalist Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda shows how this complex woman, her culture, and the pivotal period of history in which she lived and died can lead Catholics to holiness today.
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More than a biography, this gripping account calls to mind the struggle with truth, Faith, and prayer all of us must ultimately face.
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