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Simone Weil, the renowned French philosopher and political activist, originally wrote this letter to a priest in the autumn of 1942 while waiting in New York to join the Free French movement. The most accessable discussion that exists of her complicated ideas on religion and her lifelong spiritual struggle, Letter to a Priest outlines thirty-five key questions about Catholicism, its dogma and institutions, all of which had preoccupied Weil for years. Each point reveals Weil's simultaneous feelings of attraction and repulsion toward the Church as she contemplated its presence in her own life. In her letter, Weil asks the priest to reply categorically to each point she raises and to indicate whether her opinions will allow her to be received into the Church. Written just a year before she died at the age of thirty-four, it is believed that Weil never received a reply to this letter.

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Simone Weil, the renowned French philosopher and political activist, originally wrote this letter to a priest in the autumn of 1942 while waiting in New York to join the Free French movement. The most accessable discussion that exists of her complicated ideas on religion and her lifelong spiritual struggle, "Letter to a Priest" outlines thirty-five key questions about Catholicism, its dogma and institutions, all of which had preoccupied Weil for years. Each point reveals Weil's simultaneous feelings of attraction and repulsion toward the Church as she contemplated its presence in her own life. In her letter, Weil asks the priest to reply categorically to each point she raises and to indicate whether her opinions will allow her to be received into the Church. Written just a year before she died at the age of thirty-four, it is believed that Weil never received a reply to this letter.

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Title Letter to a Priest
Author Simone Weil
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition Th
Pages 85
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Penguin Group, New York
Publication date 2003-02-25
ISBN 9780142002674 / 0142002674
Weight 0.17 lbs (0.08 kg)
Dimensions 7.77 x 5.06 x 0.29 in (19.74 x 12.85 x 0.74 cm)
Age range 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Category Religion - Catholicism
Library of Congress subjects Catholic Church
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002034603
Dewey Decimal Code 282

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