{"product_id":"simone-weil-4","title":"Simone Weil","description":"A brilliant portrait of a beloved and                 controversial \nfigure in twentieth-century spirituality.\n\n                        Simone Weil (1906-1943) was a writer and                 philosopher who devoted her life to a search for                 God—while avoiding membership in organized religion. She                 wrote with the clarity of a brilliant mind educated in the best                 French schools, the social conscience of a grass-roots labor                 organizer, and the certainty and humility of a mystic—and                 she persistently carried out her search in the company of the                 poor and oppressed. \n\n            Robert Coles's study of this strange and                 compelling figure includes the details of her short, eventful                 life: her academic career, her teaching, her political and                 social activism, and her mystical experiences. Coles also                 analyzes the major themes her life encompassed: her politics,                 her Jewish identity, her moral concerns, her intellect, and her                 experience of grace. This is the best, most accessible                 introduction to the woman who was a spiritual influence on the                 life and work of so many, among them T. S. Eliot, Flannery                 O'Connor, Adrienne Rich, and Albert Camus. \n\n            Robert Coles, M.D., was awarded the                 Pulitzer Prize for his five-volume Children of Crisis series.                 He is Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities at Harvard                 Medical School and the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at                 Harvard University, and is the author of many books, including The Spiritual Life of Children, The Moral Life                 of Children, and Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion.","brand":"Jewish Lights Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226771411288,"sku":"9781683362975","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781683362975_e6bf16bb-b4e7-47d2-9f83-216cf8c93fb9.jpg?v=1777099525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/simone-weil-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}