Mission of the Non-Baptized: Simone Weil: Apologist of the Supernatural

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2002

Author

Meaney, Marie Cabaud

Journal

Second Spring: An International Journal of Faith and culture

Volume

3

Pages

39-49

Language

English

Keywords

Antigone
Catholic church
Christianity
Electra

Annotation

Cabaud Meaney offers an overview of what she sees as Weil's role or 'mission' as a non-baptized Christian apologist. After presenting the 'Prologue', believed to be an allegorical account of Weil's mystical experience, Meaney goes on to discuss Weil's relationship to Christianity, Catholicism in particular, as well as her 'mystical' experience, her devotion to the 'Greeks', and her treatment of the stories of Electra and Antigone.