2. In the wake of Mother Teresa's canonization, many people are bringing up the best anti-Teresa polemic, Hitchens' Missionary Position
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3. Like many people, I was much taken with The Missionary Position when it first came out. Two-thirds of it are a brillian debunking.
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Well, my point was to critique the whole concept of sainthood, both religious & secular versions.
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I actually wanted to explore some of that but thread was already too long!
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Actually Catholic clergy generally admired in India -- priests & nuns seen as running good schools & hospitals.
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Yes --and that's one thing that clouded her reputation.
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