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Missionary Position

Christopher Hitchens

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      In this frank and damning exposé of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to help the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish was to serve God. He asks whether Mother Teresa's good works answered 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. Is Mother Teresa merely an essential salve to the conscience of the rich West, or an expert PR machine for the Catholic Church? In its caustic iconoclasm and unsparing wit, The Missionary Position showcases the devastating effect of Hitchens' writing at its polemical best.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher Hitchens EAN: 9781838952242 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 95 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Atlantic Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-05-06 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, RELIGION / Essays WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Biography: religious and spiritual, Philosophy, Religion: general, History of religion, Christianity, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Religious institutions and organizations

      Format: Paperback / softback

      In this frank and damning exposé of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman's mission to help the world's poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish was to serve God. He asks whether Mother Teresa's good works answered 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. Is Mother Teresa merely an essential salve to the conscience of the rich West, or an expert PR machine for the Catholic Church? In its caustic iconoclasm and unsparing wit, The Missionary Position showcases the devastating effect of Hitchens' writing at its polemical best.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher Hitchens EAN: 9781838952242 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 95 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Atlantic Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-05-06 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, RELIGION / Essays WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Biography: religious and spiritual, Philosophy, Religion: general, History of religion, Christianity, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Religious institutions and organizations

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      Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a columnist for Slate. He was the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Henry Kissinger and Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as his international bestseller and National Book Award nominee, god Is Not Great. His memoir, Hitch-22, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, was nominated for the Orwell Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His last book, Mortality, was published in 2012 by Atlantic Books.

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