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 works answer any higher purpose than the need of the world's privileged to see someone, somewhere, doing something for the Third World. He unmasks pseudo-miracles, questions Mother Teresa's fitness to adjudicate on matters of sex and reproduction, and reports on a version of saintly ubiquity which affords genial relations with dictators, corrupt tycoons and convicted frauds.
By:
Christopher Hitchens Imprint: Allen & Unwin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 208mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 140g ISBN:9781743311929 ISBN 10: 1743311923 Publication Date:01 June 2012 Recommended Age: From Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active