Preface
Abbreviations for Weil’s Works
Acknowledgments
A Brief Biography of Simone Weil
I. Philosophical and Theological Thought
1. A Thoughtful Life
2. Mystery and Philosophy
3. The Nature of Grace: Why the Crucifixion Matters
4. Love and Intellect
5. “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine...”
6. Spiritual Apprenticeship
7. A Sacramental Understanding of the World
II. Social and Political Thought
8. What is Sacred in Every Human Being? Simone Weil’s Encounter with Maritain
9. The Language of the Inner Life
10. “Thou Hast Given Me Room”: The Retheologization of the Political
11. The Need for Order and the Need for Roots
12. A Theory of Culture: Inspiration and Its Cultural Outworkings
13. Searching for a New St. Benedict
14. Moral Clarity in War
Conclusion
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