The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a:

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" The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a: "
Gëzim Alpion

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069604
Doc. No	:	LA113233
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341328‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Gëzim Alpion
Title & Author	:	The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a: [Article] : A Sociological and Public Theology Perspective\ Gëzim Alpion
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/1
Page No	:	25–50
Abstract	:	The article focuses on the emergence of Mother Teresa as a religious visionary and the hostile treatment she received at the Loreto order in the late 1940s. Mother Teresa’s early career as an ‘independent’ nun is a useful case study to look afresh at some traditional views on the revolutionary nature of charisma, the initial reception of the ‘natural’ and charismatic leader, mainly the ‘deviant type’, and the ‘proofs’ expected from and provided by the ‘bearer of charisma’ in modernity. This article contends that approaching Mother Teresa’s charism/a from a sociological and public theology perspective reveals both the potential and the need for interdisciplinary research to explore the publicness of religion and engage further the academy with the life, work and legacy of this twentieth century religious leader. The article focuses on the emergence of Mother Teresa as a religious visionary and the hostile treatment she received at the Loreto order in the late 1940s. Mother Teresa’s early career as an ‘independent’ nun is a useful case study to look afresh at some traditional views on the revolutionary nature of charisma, the initial reception of the ‘natural’ and charismatic leader, mainly the ‘deviant type’, and the ‘proofs’ expected from and provided by the ‘bearer of charisma’ in modernity. This article contends that approaching Mother Teresa’s charism/a from a sociological and public theology perspective reveals both the potential and the need for interdisciplinary research to explore the publicness of religion and engage further the academy with the life, work and legacy of this twentieth century religious leader.
Descriptor	:	‘love in action’
Descriptor	:	charism/a
Descriptor	:	Loreto order
Descriptor	:	Mother Teresa
Descriptor	:	post-independence India
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341328‬