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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 271.97
EAN: 9781859840542
ISBN: 185984054X
Label: Verso
Manufacturer: Verso
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 98
Publication Date: 1997-04
Publisher: Verso
Sales Rank: 44474
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Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, feted by politicians, the Church and the world's media, Mother Teresa of Calcutta appears to be on the fast track to sainthood. But what, asks Christopher Hitchens, makes Mother Teresa so divine? 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.
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What's next--The Girl Scouts: The Untold Story? Howcould anybody write a debunking book about Mother Teresa and herMissionaries of Charity order? Well, in this little cruise missile ofa book, Hitchens quickly establishes that the idea is not withoutpoint. After all, what is Mother Teresa doing hanging out with adictator's wife in Haiti and accepting over a million dollars fromCharles Keating? The most riveting material in the book is containedin two letters: one from Mother Teresa to Judge Lance Ito--thenweighing what sentence to dole out to the convicted Keating--whichcited all the work Keating has done 'to help the poor,' and anotherfrom a Los Angeles deputy D.A., Paul Turley, back to Mother Teresathat eloquently stated that rather than working to reduce Keating'ssentence, she should return the money he gave her to its rightfulowners, the defrauded bond-holders. (Significantly, Mother Teresanever replied.) And why do former missionary workers and visitingdoctors consistently observe that the order's medical practices seemso inadequate, especially given all the money that comes in? (Hitchensacidly observes that on the other hand, Mother Teresa herself alwaysmanages to receive world-class medical care.)Hitchens's answer isthat Mother Teresa is first and foremost interested not in providingmedical treatment, but in furthering Catholic doctrine and--quiteliterally--becoming a saint.
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Rating:  - Hitchens is a farce as always
Every circus needs a clown. The American cable news have found their clown in Hitchens. Hitchens supports the war against civilians in Irak, destroys Elie Wiesel and now needs to go on a rampage against one of the fews saints of our century. A clown who does not deserve this whole circus. Shame on you Hitchens!!!
Rating:  - Hitchens Earns Time in Purgatory with His 'Position' on Mother Teresa.
"I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people"--Mother Teresa.
Whether you agree with Hitchens' argument or not, The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice is the work of a brilliant mind. Christopher Hitchens is an Oxford-educated, free-thinking Renaissance Man: author, journalist, literary critic, columnist, polemicist, intellectual, ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant Hitchens
Mr Hitchens gives, in his inimitable style, an accurate, concise and clear account of a misguided catholic nun whose only aim in life was self aggrandizement and eventual canonization, whilst offering no real help, treatment or comfort to the needy.
She takes her place next to Albert Schweitzer, another dismal failure, and many other Nobel Peace prize laureates, who obtained this meaningless prize not for any achievements, peaceful or humanitarian, but only for sly politics.
Rating:  - Just another globalist tool
I really didn't need to read this book to figure out that Mother Teresa was just another globalist tool and a propaganda/fundraising cash cow for the Catholic church but Missionary Position does a good job of driving that point home and giving good solid evidence to that fact. To give a few examples, the millions she took from the mega swindler Keating and never returned, her response to the Dupont chemical spill in India instead of seeking justice and calling to make Dupont acountable was telling ... Read More
Rating: - Here's an excerpt from William A. Donohue's 1996 review "Hating Mother Teresa."
Here's [an] example of how Hitchens proceeds. He begins one chapter quoting Mother Teresa on why her congregation has taken a special vow to work for the poor. "This vow," she exclaimed, "means that we cannot work for the rich; neither can we accept money for the work we do. Ours has to be a free service, and to the poor." A few pages later, after citing numerous cash awards that her order has received, Hitchens writes "if she is claiming that the order does not solicit money from the rich and powerful, ... Read More
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