The Personalism of Edith Stein

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A Synthesis of Thomism and Phenomenology

Robert McNamara

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The Catholic University of America Press
27 February 2026

Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Christianity

Series: Studies in the Carmelite Tradition

Edith Stein’s life and thought intersect with many important movements of life and thought in the twentieth century. Through her life and eventual martyrdom, she gave witness to the primacy of truth and faith in the face of political totalitarianism, and in her philosophical works, she contributed to a synthesis of phenomenological thought with the thought of Aquinas, while also progressively advancing a compelling form of philosophical personalism. As a result, Stein represents one of the most important Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century and is a figure of growing fascination and devotion among believers and nonbelievers alike.

The Personalism of Edith Stein is an investigation of Stein’s mature philosophical anthropology, exploring her engagement with the thought of Aquinas and Thomism while maintaining the phenomenological mode of investigation. Through a careful examination of Stein’s later works under the themes of human nature, the human individual, and the human being’s relation to God, McNamara shows that Stein’s mature personalism is considerably expanded and substantiated by her assimilation of key anthropological and metaphysical teachings of Aquinas and Thomism, and, conversely, that Stein significantly develops and deepens these same teachings through a phenomenological reconsideration of each from a personalist perspective. As a whole, the study reveals the profound accord between Stein’s mature thought and the received teachings of Aquinas, while yet carefully attending to the remaining differences between them. Ultimately, the author proposes that Stein imbues the teachings of Aquinas with a fundamental personalization such that her mature anthropology can be understood as a Thomistically informed personalism that represents a significant, original contribution to the anthropological dimension of the philosophia perennis.

By: Robert McNamara
Imprint: The Catholic University of America Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780813241265
ISBN 10: 081324126X
Series: Studies in the Carmelite Tradition
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 27 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert McNamara is associate professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville, associate series editor of Edith Stein Studies, associate scholar of the Hildebrand Project, associate member of faculty at the Maryvale Institute, and founding member of the Aquinas Institute of Ireland.

Reviews for The Personalism of Edith Stein: A Synthesis of Thomism and Phenomenology

""An outstanding contribution to a renewed appreciation of Stein’s project.McNamara presents a convincing case that Stein’s original presentation of the human individual represents a positive phenomenological development of the anthropological tradition of the philosophia perennis worthy of serious consideration and further study."" - Teresianum