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Edith Stein wrote extensively across genres, penning philosophical treatises and academic translations, personal essays and public lectures, exhortatory letters and intimate memoirs. Among her oeuvre is a significant corpus of spiritual writings, including short meditations, spiritual essays, and poetry. While she famously deflected when asked about her conversion to Christianity, her spiritual writings give us a window into her “hidden life.” Particularly through her poetry, deeply intimate yet rich in theological themes, Stein gives glimpses into her personal spirituality and her relationship to Christ.

Four newly translated poems shed light on the Holocaust martyr’s spiritual life.