It was a pleasure and an honor to collaborate with Dr. Gëzim Alpion for his essay "Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation"...
“This book constitutes one of the rare scholarships capable of delivering the promise of consilience without incurring the usual cost of reductionism. Cultural and ethnic backgrounds, social and political factors, psychological development and trauma, family relationships and so on-how to bring all these to bear upon a spirituality that soars above it all in the timeless dimension of faith and devotion, without explaining the latter away? It takes both great science and art to capture the spirituality of Mother Teresa in the manner of a blooming lotus with roots, mud and all. This is exactly what Gëzim Alpion has accomplished in Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation.” ―Dr Louise Sundararajan, (PhD Harvard) Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Editor-in-Chief of Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology
“Insightful and original, creative and extensively researched, this is a fine book that sheds new light on the life, work and formative Albanian background of Mother Teresa. There is much to learn about the tension between Teresa's private and public life, as well as her traumas and accomplishments in this valuable and rich book.” ―Professor Jolyon Mitchell, FRSA, New College, The University of Edinburgh
“Gëzim Alpion turns into a veritable archaeologist-cum-detective in the construction of the book. The process unravels and pierces the veneer of a monolithic 'religious call' popularly believed in the transformation of Gonxhe Agnes Bojaxhiu. Layers of hitherto unimaginable evidence-political, social and historical-are scooped up that actually encompassed the field and habitus and acted as compelling pushes and pulls for St Teresa of Calcutta since her childhood. This thorough and timely study is a very good read.” ―Professor Bonita Aleaz, Former Head of the Department of Political Science, The University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
“Very rarely does one find a work of epic dimensions that covers three generations of a family and spans across many ages in the history of a nation. Gëzim Alpion's text interweaves the Albanian national and cultural unconscious with Mother Teresa's character using the insight of a psychoanalyst, sensitivity of a preacher and authority of an oracle. While making Teresa the most ideal representative of the country's layered and tumultuous history, it also successfully synecdochises Albanian history into a convincing character. The book is a triumph of historical knowledge, sociological understanding and narrative acumen-a tour de force so far as life-story writing is concerned.” ―Professor Jyotirmaya Tripathy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
“In this fascinating and important book, Gëzim Alpion offers a deep, powerful and at times quite moving insight into the life of Mother Teresa and the formative and critical tensions between her life, her nation and the Roman Catholic church. This is not just a biography. It is a complex exercise in historical exegesis, spiritual biography and cultural analysis. Anyone wishing to understand the multifactored impact and significance of Mother Teresa will find this book invaluable. If you thought you knew and understood Mother Teresa, this book will make you think again.” ―Professor John Swinton, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King's College, The University of Aberdeen.
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