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The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice is a book by the journalist and polemicist Christopher Hitchens published in 1995. It is a critique of the work and philosophy of Mother Teresa , the founder of an international Roman Catholic religious congregation , and it challenges the mainstream media's assessment of ...
- Christopher Hitchens
- 1995
5. Jan. 2012 · In a frank expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish is to serve God. He asks whether Mother Teresa's good
With characteristic élan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens eviscerates the fawning cult of Teresa, recasting the Albanian missionary as a spurious, despotic, and megalomaniacal operative of the wealthy who long opposed measures to end poverty, and fraternized, for financial gain, with tyrants and white-collar criminals throughout the world.
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10. Apr. 2012 · In his measured critique, Hitchens asks only that Mother Teresa's reputation be judged by her actions-not the other way around. With characteristic élan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens...
- Thomas Mallon
- Christopher Hitchens
- Grand Central Publishing, 2012
6. Jan. 1996 · The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice. “Who would be so base,” asks Christopher Hitchens, “as to pick on a wizened, shrivelled old lady, well stricken in years, who has consecrated her whole life to the needy and destitute?”.
- Mary Loudon
- 1996
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice Taschenbuch – 1. April 1997. Englisch Ausgabe von Christopher Hitchens (Autor) 4,4 2.595 Sternebewertungen. Alle Formate und Editionen anzeigen. In a frank expose of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to the world's poor.
Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, feted by politicians, the Church and the world's media, Mother Teresa of Calcutta appears to be on the fast track to sainthood. But what makes Mother...
