Name

The Scholar and the Cross

Author

Hilda C. Graef

Brief Description

The Life and Work of
Edith Stein

Hardcover, 234 Pgs.

Price

$28.00

Extended Description

Born of wealthy Jewish parents in 1891 in Germany, Edith Stein lost her religion early. She was an intellectual and a brilliant woman who studied under the German philosopher Edmund Husserl. Gradually she broke away from agnostic paganism and found her way to the Catholic Church, and eventually to the contemplative Order of Carmel.

The noted Catholic writer of the mid-20th century, Hilda C. Graef, masterfully fleshes the bare outline of what is known of Edith Stein's life into a superb and moving biography. In her book originally published in 1955, Miss Graef drew on previously unpublished material supplied by Sister Benedicta's friends. The Carmelite nuns at Cologne and Echt answered her questions and shared their reminiscences, as did family members, friends and former students and their parents. Miss Graef combines the sketchy facts of Edith Stein's life with her research, and in the words of Commonweal, adds "her own gifts of insight and interpretation." The result is a commanding portrait of an exceptional woman and a great Catholic who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1998.

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