Sr.Teresa Benedicta of the Cross ( Edith Stein) Excellence and Challenges of Her Discipleship

includes index and biblioraphy

Benedicta in Context.............8 Benedicta as a Seeker of Truth in her YOurth...........11 Political Context...........43 Contact with Christianity...............53 Illumined by faith...............66 Disciple at carmel`s Door..............76 THe biblical Concepts of Christian Discipleship.................99 Dangers facing the Disciples Existence: A teaching in the Letter to the Hebrews................119 The Challenges to practise Christian DHarma...............158 Discipleship and Martyrdom in the early Church..........162 MOnasticism as a form of radical discipleship...........166 discipleship during the medieval Period...................171 MOdern trends in the Concept of Discipleship...................173 THe formation of a person with body and soul.........181 Formation of the Human Being...............186 Need for formal education and Genuine formator........196 Formation of the Self.....................198 Power for formation......................................204 Importance of Community..........................214 The concept of the mystical Body................218 Disciple and christian Formation..........221 Excellence of Benedicta`s discipleship...................231 AkovoyOein in Benedicta.................251 recognition of her Discipleship ......................295 Benedicta as a pioneer of Ecumenical movement........298 Benedicta`s contributions to the Concept of Disciplship............304 Relevance of benedicta`s Concept of discipleship to the Modern World................319