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Title

Mother Maria Skobtsova : essential writings / introduction by Jim Forest ; translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.

Author

Marii︠a︡, matʹ, 1891-1945

Publication

Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Pevear, Richard, 1943-
• Volokhonsky, Larissa
• Marii͡a, matʹ, 1891-1945.

Description

192 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945) has emerged as one of the most fascinating religious figures of the twentieth century. As an Orthodox nun in Paris her home was at once a soup kitchen for the needy, a center for the renewal of Orthodox thought, and - under Nazi occupation - a haven for the rescue of Jews. For the latter cause she ended her life in a concentration camp. Like Dorothy Day, her writings reflect her deep commitment to the gospel mandate that unites love of God and love of neighbor."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Modern spiritual masters series

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English. 2003
• Modern spiritual masters series

Alternative Title

Works. 2003

Subject

• Marii︠a︡, matʹ, 1891-1945
• Spiritual life

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Mother Maria of Paris / Jim Forest 13 -- 1. The Second Gospel Commandment 45 -- 2. On the Imitation of the Mother of God 61 -- 3. The Mysticism of Human Communion 75 -- 4. The Cross and the Hammer-and-Sickle 84 -- 5. Toward a New Monasticism I: At the Heart of the World 90 -- 6. Toward a New Monasticism II: Love without Limits 96 -- 7. The Poor in Spirit 104 -- 8. Under the Sign of Our Time 107 -- 9. A Justification of Pharisaism 116 -- 10. Insight in Wartime 126 -- 11. Types of Religious Life 140.

ISBN

1570754365 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002005036

OCLC

• 49610914
• SCSB-12830541

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library