Mother Teresa: The Difference Between Social Work and Religious Work
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Topics: Social Justice
Summary: Mary Poplin, Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University and developer of their teacher education internship program, spent two months with Mother Teresa in Calcutta in 1996 to understand why she always said her work was not social work. Mary has written some about the distinctions she made and shares her encounters and lessons learned from Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity.
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Mary's stories about working with Mother Teresa are really great. She dispels many of the negative ideas people have about Mother Teresa's work (especially Christopher Hitchens' complaints).
It really emphasizes the spiritual aspect of her work--actually, shows that the spiritual was the only aspect. She consistently put spiritual choices before charitable choices, and people's eternal lives above their temporal. Contentious to be sure, but inspiring.
Bob, Mar 29, 2006
The stories were certainly inspirational to hear about the work of Mother Theresa firsthand. Her faith and her work were incredible. As for the talk itself, it wasn't the lecture I was expecting on the difference between secular and religious work. It was an account of how one very spiritual woman served the poor in Christ.
DCarreon, May 21, 2006