A Revolution of Love: The Meaning of Mother Teresa

by David Scott

In this Mother Teresa biography by David Scott, we meet the Mother Teresa that we would never have met simply from television interviews or news images. A complex figure, Mother Teresa found her life's work only after years of false starts and by overcoming great practical difficulties. Her love for the poor was accompanied by a stern critique of the rich and powerful. And she lived much of her life in an anguished dark night of the soul. Discover the real Mother Teresa in this inspiring yet unsentimental biography of her life

Genres: Biography

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

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David Scott is a Los Angeles-based scholar, writer, and editor with a special interest in religion and culture. Scott has held the top editorial positions at the nation's largest independent Catholic newspaper, Our Sunday Visitor (1993-2000), and the world's largest independent Catholic wire service, Catholic News Agency (2010-2012). Currently he serves as Vice Chancellor for Communications for the Archbishop of Los Angeles. He lives in L.A. with his wife and their five children.

Reviews

[Rusty-11780 · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is low on facts and high on the catholic party line. David Scott presents his enemies in wrong and unflattering ways. On page 48, Scott writes, "...the century when Darwin announced his "discovery" that man descended from apes:..." Darwin used his brain and proposed a theory to explain things. Scott tries to inject mystical meaning to mundane things; he makes a big deal about how little we know of Mother Teresa's life before she became a nun. Scott mentions Mother Teresa's critic's but misrepresents their positions and dismisses them as unimportant. Surprisingly, Scott admits that Mother Teresa took big money from unsavory donors, and that she secretly performed unrequested deathbed baptisms. Despite his sub-title, The Meaning of Mother Teresa, David Scott does not offer us any data to use to evaluate or to understand Mother Teresa. This is not a good biography, it is not even a good public relations document.

[Judi · Rating 3 out of 5]

As the author said, there is next to no "bakground" information on Mother Teresa, so this book was almost entirely on her missionary work and her beliefs on many subjects. So I was a bit disappointed from that point on. However, whether it's Scott's book or any other, the work of Mother Teresa and seeing put to paper, was inspiring and made me look at my own footprint on this world. As for the writing itself...it was repetitive and "milking." I likened it to putting too much on my plate; I start out devouring my food because Im hungry and when I become full, I start picking out only the things I like and leaving behind what I don't.

[Rev. Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the publisher: In this Mother Teresa biography by David Scott, we meet the Mother Teresa that we would never have met simply from television interviews or news images. A complex figure, Mother Teresa found her life's work only after years of false starts and by overcoming great practical difficulties. Her love for the poor was accompanied by a stern critique of the rich and powerful. And she lived much of her life in an anguished dark night of the soul. Discover the real Mother Teresa in this inspiring yet unsentimental biography of her life