Many interested reader will have put aside a work by Edith Stein due to its seeming inaccessibility, with the awareness that there was something important there for a future occasion. This collection of essays attempts to provide an idea of what this important something might be and give a key to the reading of Stein s various works. It is divided into two parts reflecting Stein s development. The first part, -Phenomenology-, deals with those features of Stein s work that set it apart from that of other phenomenologists, notably Husserl. The second part is entitled -Metaphysics-, although...

This volume brings together revised versions of papers presented at the inaugural conference of the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein (IASPES). The conference papers are supplemented by a number of specially commissioned essays in order to provide a representative sample of the best research currently being carried out on Stein s philosophy in the English speaking world. The first part of the volume centres on Stein s phenomenology; the second part looks at her Christian philosophy; and the third part explores the contexts of her philosophical work."