The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous and searing study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa -- and it is now available as a Signal deluxe paperback. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient canonized by the Catholic...
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Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous and searing study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa -- and it is now available as a Signal deluxe paperback. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient canonized by the Catholic Church in 2003, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was celebrated by heads of state and adored by millions for her work on behalf of the poor. In his measured critique, Hitchens asks only that Mother Teresa's reputation be judged by her actions -- not the other way around. With characteristic elan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens eviscerates the fawning cult of Teresa, recasting the Albanian missionary in a light she has never before been seen in.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780771039188 (0771039182)
Publish date: April 24th 2012
Publisher: Signal
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Journalism,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Christianity,
Atheism
bookshelves: essays, fraudio, published-1995, spring-2014, roman-catholic, nonfiction, christian, history, religion, tbr-busting-2014, politics, philosophy, india, calcutta, lifestyles-deathstyles Read from March 04 to 05, 2014 Written by: Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Mallon (foreword)Narrated b...
I don't have good ways to evaluate the claims here independently, but this has the flavor of 2/3 useful and 1/6 picayune, and 1/6 churlish. I found it helpful in its elaboration of Mother Teresa's stated positions and goals (which I could verify elsewhere), which aren't what most people seem to thin...
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hitchens is always brilliant. Even when I don't agree with him, he's still brilliant. It saddens me to think that he's no longer alive, because I always thought that had we meet, I would...