The Personal and Beyond: Simone Weil and the Necessity/Limits of Biography
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2008 |
Author |
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Editor |
Belzen, Jacob A. Geels, Antoon |
Book |
Autobiography and the Psychological Study of Religious Lives |
Pages |
187-207 |
Publisher |
Rodopi |
Place Published |
Amsterdam |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Freeman explores the value of biography in the understanding of religious experience. The work is helpful in addressing various biographical approaches in the scholarship on Weil. Ultimately, through his focus on Weil's life and work, Freeman argues biography is an important tool for understanding religious experience but must be used critically and with some humility on the part of the scholar. |