La posizione della missionaria

Teoria e pratica di Madre Teresa

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Paperback, 141 pages

Italian language

Published Nov. 11, 2014 by Minimum Fax.

ISBN:
978-88-7521-627-6
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Il celebre saggista statunitense ci propone un'insolita analisi della figura di Madre Teresa di Calcutta, rafforzata dalle testimonianze affidabili e ben documentate di alcune ex infermiere della missionaria di origine albanese, nonché di un autorevole medico. Hitchens sottopone all'attenzione del lettore gli aspetti più contraddittori dell'attività della religiosa e mette in discussione, in maniera coraggiosa e politicamente scorretta, l'etica della sofferenza che ne è alla base.

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reviewed The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens

Surprisingly Okay

Hitchens definitely had his problems, but critiquing Mother Teresa for all the absolute shit she did was not one of them. Because of his proximity to the other horsemen and as a result of some of his other views, I was expecting for there to be some major issues here.

But it's a good starting point for anyone who wants directions in critiquing the harms and impacts of Mother Teresa or, in general, the church system that supported her bullshit.

reviewed The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens

Review of 'The Missionary Position' on 'Goodreads'

The view of Mother Theresa as someone who saw poverty as an opportunity for conversion is not particularly new (possibly because I read this book so long after it was written). What did surprise me, though, was the number of people who are determined to believe in the myth of her humanitarianism, even though neither her words nor her actions supported this view.

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