The contributions both extend the interdisciplinary implications of Stein’s thinking for our contemporary world and apply her insights to questions of theatre, public history and biographical representation, education, politics, autism, theological debates, feminism, sexuality studies and literature.

1. Antonio Calcagno; Introduction: The Wide-Ranging Impact of Edith Stein’s Thought—New Approaches, Applications, and Insights.- WOMEN.- 2. Angela Ales Bello; From the “Neutral” Human Being to Gender Difference: Phenomenological and Dual Anthropology in Edith Stein.- 3. Mette Lebech; Women in Society: The Critical Potential of Stein’s “Feminism” for Our Understanding of the State.- 4. Laura Judd Beer; Women’s Existence, Woman’s Soul: Essence and Existence in Edith Stein’s Later Feminism.- ETHICS AND SOCIAL-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.- 5. Anna Maria Pezzella; Intersubjectivity and Community in Edith Stein’s Thought.- 6. Jennie D. Latta; Eternal Life: A Phenomenological Exploration from the Perspective of Edith Stein’s Description of Person and Community.- 7. Christof Betschart, ocd; The Individuality of the Human Person in the Phenomenological Works of Edith Stein.- 8. Eduardo González Di Pierro; The Influence of Adolf Reinach on Edith Stein’s Concept of the State: Similarities and Differences.- 9. Paulina Monjaraz Fuentes; The Inseparability of Consciousness from Embodiment in the Phenomenology of Edith Stein.- 10. Kathleen Haney; Edith Stein on Autism?.- THEOLOGY.- 11. Michael Andrews; A Phenomenology of Ethics and Excess:  Experiences of Givenness and Transcendence According to Edith Stein.- 12. Juan Francisco Pinilla Aguilera; Feeling as the Bond between Soul and Body in St. John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love.- 13. Marian Maskulak, cps; Science and Theology: Toward a Steinian Perspective.- 14. Donald L. Wallenfang; Soul Power: Edith Stein’s Meta-Phenomenological Construction of the Human Soul.- 15. Harm Klueting; Martyrdom as Perfection of Life in the Christian Tradition and in Edith Stein’s Thinking.- METAPHYSICS.- 16. Thomas Gricoski, osb; Essential Being and Existential Metaphysics.- 17. Walter Redmond; Edith Stein and the Expression of Truth.- BIOGRAPHY AND PUBLIC HISTORY.- 18. JoyceAvrech Berkman; Edith Stein and Theatrical Truth.- 19. Joachim Feldes; The Bergzabern Circle: Toward a More Comprehensive View of Edith Stein.- 20. Ken Casey; Edith Stein and secretum meum mihi: Are Religious Conversions Necessarily Private?.- 21. Pamela Fitzpatrick; Stein the Educator in Autobiography, Writing, and Biography.- 22. John Sullivan, ocd; Role for Edith Stein in Her Own Promotion?. 

This volume explores the work and thought of Edith Stein (1891–1942). It discusses in detail, and from new perspectives, the traditional areas of her thinking, including her ideas about women/feminism, theology, and metaphysics. In addition, it introduces readers to new and/or understudied areas of her thought, including her views on history, and her social and political philosophy. The guiding thread that connects all the essays in this book is the emphasis on new approaches and novel applications of her philosophy. The contributions both extend the interdisciplinary implications of Stein’s thinking for our contemporary world and apply her insights to questions of theatre, public history and biographical representation, education, politics, autism, theological debates, feminism, sexuality studies and literature. The volume brings together for the first time leading scholars in five language-groups, including English, German, Italian, French and Spanish-speaking authors, thereby reflecting an international and cosmopolitan approach to Stein studies.

Is the first book to examine the thought of Edith Stein in such a large interdisciplinary focus Explores novel applications of Stein’s thought to contemporary issues and problems Brings together different schools of Stein study and interpretation