PDF Death Was His Koan: The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shosan (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) by Winston L. King in History

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This is the powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism; gained fame as a great philosopher in Germany; became a Carmelite nun; and was put to death in a Nazi concentration camp. Recently beatified by Pope John Paul II; Edith Stein was a courageous; intelligent and holy woman who speaks powerfully to us even today.