Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her NationBloomsbury Publishing, 2021 M12 30 - 296 pages A personality of Mother Teresa's calibre and global reach does not come about by chance. To provide a well-rounded portrait of this influential figure, this book approaches her in the context of her familial background and ethnic, cultural and spiritual milieus. Her life and work are explored in the light of newly-discovered information about her family, the Albanian nation's spiritual tradition before and after the advent of Christianity, and the impact of the Vatican and other influential powers on her people since the early Middle Ages. Focusing on her traumas, ordeals and achievements as a private individual and a public missionary, and her complex spirituality, this book contends that Mother Teresa's life and her nation's history, especially her countrymen's relationship with Roman Catholicism, are interconnected. Unravelling this interconnectedness is essential to understanding how this modern spiritual and humanitarian icon has come to epitomise her ancient nation's cultural and spiritual DNA. |
Contents
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Albanians Illyrian Roots and Apostolic Christianity | 24 |
The Calvary of Albanian Christianity | 43 |
How Albanian Catholics Became a Pariah Community | 63 |
An Onomastic Perspective on Catholic Albanians | 72 |
Mother Teresas Paternal Relations | 83 |
Mother Teresas Maternal Relations and the Taboo | 93 |
Two Unusual Success Stories | 106 |
the Albanian Nation | 145 |
Mother Teresas Religious Vocation as an Escape and | 164 |
Was Mother Teresa Discriminated Against at Loreto | 172 |
Two Unlikely Albanian | 184 |
Conclusion | 205 |
Notes | 209 |
Select Bibliography | 259 |
About the Author | 283 |
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