| Simone Weil: Mystic of Passion and Compassion Contributor(s): Bingemer, Maria Clara (Author), Kraft, Karen M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 071889426X ISBN-13: 9780718894269 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 2020478078 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 166 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present book reflects on the life, work, and legacy of an exceptional and enigmatic woman: the philosopher and French Jewish mystic Simone Weil. It constitutes a testimony so unique that it is impossible to ignore. In a Europe where authoritarian regimes were dominant and heading, in a sinister manner, toward WWII, this woman of fragile health but indomitable spirit denounced the contradictions of the capitalist system, the brutality of Nazism, and the paradox of bourgeois thought. At the same time, her spiritual journey was one of zeal and sorrow - that of a true mystic - but her radical intransigence and passion for freedom kept her from actually approaching the institutional church. Curious and insatiable, she wanted to experience, in the flesh, the suffering of society's least fortunate and the truths of other religions. The reader will need to develop a discerning empathy for Simone Weil's sensibility, beyond her particular passion and zeal, in order to appreciate her in depth. But undeniable are this truly singular woman's authenticity, her capacity to suffer, her identification with the other, her inner passion, her almost magical perception of the depths of the human spirit. And that is why her story merits being toldas one of the great witnesses of our age. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bingemer, Maria Clara: - Maria Clara Bingemer is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She teaches fundamental theology and theology of God. She is the author of many books and articles in various languages, including A Face for God (2014) and Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor (1987), and coeditor with Peter Casarella of Witnessing: Prophecy, Politics, Wisdom (2014). She is a member of the editorial board of Concilium. |
