"A religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermonizer, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers. Her mission has always been of this kind. The irony is that she has never been able to induce anybody to believe her. It is past time that she was duly honored and taken at her word." Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient beatified by the ...
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"A religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermonizer, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers. Her mission has always been of this kind. The irony is that she has never been able to induce anybody to believe her. It is past time that she was duly honored and taken at her word." Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christopher Hitchens's meticulous study of the life and deeds of Mother Teresa. A Nobel Peace Prize recipient beatified by the Catholic Church in 2003, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was celebrated by heads of state and adored by millions for her work on behalf of the poor. In his measured critique, Hitchens asks only that Mother Teresa's reputation be judged by her actions-not the other way around. With characteristic �lan and rhetorical dexterity, Hitchens eviscerates the fawning cult of Teresa, recasting the Albanian missionary as a spurious, despotic, and megalomaniacal operative of the wealthy who long opposed measures to end poverty, and fraternized, for financial gain, with tyrants and white-collar criminals throughout the world.
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It was basically like a short term paper, made much longer into a VERY short book.He makes his point well, but it becomes redundent. The shortness of the book, probably meant it had few sales, and caused its over pricing.
drew
May 13, 2007
to the point
This was a great read. Hitchens concisely presented the " facts on the ground", and contrasted these bare facts with the ever so popular glorified Mother Teresa myths. He let us see the real Mother Teresa, the stern head of an order of nuns, intent on spreading that order and in so doing acting as the dutiful officer of her General, the Pope in Rome. There was never a real need for her to "act saintly" the media, as we see, was all too ready to cast her in that role. What we are left with is the real scoundrel, the opportunistic media which painted a false picture with which it's audience, the public, was all it had to judge her by.
