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The missionary position:

Mother Teresa in theory and practice
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Verso, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 98 pages
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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It would have been a great book had he bothered to include references. Made me not trust him or the material. He should know better. Read full review

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About the author (1995)

Christopher Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, England on April 13, 1949. He was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and wrote for numerous other publications throughout his lifetime. He was the author of numerous books including No One Left to Lie To, For the Sake of Argument, Prepared for the Worst, God Is Not Great, Hitch-22: A Memoir, and Arguably. He died due to complication from esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011 at the age of 62.

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TitleThe missionary position: Mother Teresa in theory and practice
AuthorHitchens Christopher
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherVerso, 1995
ISBN185984054X, 9781859840542
Length98 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions
  
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