Etty Hillesum: A Life of Light December 5, 2010

Learn about Esther "Etty" Hillesum, a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation. She was vivid, street-smart and almost comically self-absorbed. In just two years, she became 'the thinking heart of the barracks' and a spiritual memoirist for the ages.

Carol Lee Flinders received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Berkeley with a specialization in medieval studies. She spent fifteen years writing about natural foods, co-authoring the popular Laurel's Kitchen cookbooks and
writing a weekly syndicated newspaper column.

In 1990, Carol returned to her field of study
and wrote Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. Subsequent books include At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst and Rebalancing the World. She has taught courses in mystical literature at UC Berkeley, and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She is currently a Fellow of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Advancement for Women and Religion. Carol is currently visiting faculty at the Sophia Center in Culture and Spirituality at Holy Names University, Oakland.

Carol's latest book is Enduring Lives: Living Portraits of Women of Faith In Action (Putnam/Tarcher). It profiles four contemporary women that she believes live and work in the "spiritual mother-line" of women like Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Catherine of Genoa.


Part of the Leo Gabow Lecture Series
Date: Sunday, December 5
Time: 3:00–4:00 PM
Location: E104
Fee: Free for Members, $5 Non-Members (at the door)
Contact: Elisheva Salamo
(650) 223-8618
[email protected]

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