About the Author:
Upon her death in November 1996, The London Times described Dr. Stopp thusly: "A gifted scholar who achieved distinction in two quite different fields, Elisabeth Stopp was also a laywoman of quiet authority and influence in English Roman Catholicism." Dr. Stopp received her Ph.D. in 1937 from Cambridge, where she was later made a Fellow of Girton College and University Lecturer in Modern and Medieval Languages. In the area of Salesian studies, she published many articles and a half-dozen books, including St. Francis de Sales: Selected Letters (New York: Harper & Row, 1960), Madame de Chantal: Portrait of a Saint (London: Faber & Faber, 1962; Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1963; Spanish translation, Madrid: Rialp, 1966), and St. Francis de Sales: A Testimony by St. Chantal (London: Faber & Faber, 1967). Dr. Stopp also published widely on German Romanticism. Recently, she completed an annotated translation of Goethe's Maxims and Reflections for the "Penguin Classics" series.
Dr. Stopp was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1963. In recognition of her scholarship in the field of Romanticism, she received in 1982 the medal of the Eichendorff-Gesellschaft. This is the first time the medal was awarded to a woman and a non-German. In 1986, she received the Cambridge Doctorate of Letters. Her Salesian work was recognized by the honor of Affiliation to the Order of the Visitation.
Review:
"As a scholar of Salesian spirituality, I often turn to the writings of Elisabeth Stopp to guide and inform me in my work. It was thus with anticipation that I began to read this collection. I was not disappointed. There is invaluable information here." -- Wendy M. Wright
"This is a most attractive book and should appeal to a wide audience, both Catholic and Protestant. As an author, Dr. Stopp has some of her saint's qualities: a beautiful prose style, a capacity to 'heal differences' in charity without compromise of the truth, a lightness of touch that takes the reader into profound subjects almost without noticing. There is much here that is fresh and exciting." --John Saward
The late Dr. Elisabeth Stopp s book on St. Francis de Sales, [...] as the title of this work suggests, has a message of perennial importance for Christians. [...] Not only is she very conversant with the saint s doctrine but she succeeds in bringing him to life for us through her insightful knowledge and study of Francis personality as well as his friendship and inter-relation with others. [...] A particularly important aspect of Dr. Stopp s treatment of St. Francis is her focus on him as a minister of reconciliation, a man to heal differences [...] at a time when religious polemics and the attendant hostilities were at the height of their intensity. --Patrick McCafferty, The Month
This book will prove very beneficial to those who want a deeper appreciation of the saint s extraordinary ability for creating an ecumenical climate and for healing hearts deeply divided by religious difference. --Alexander T. Pocetto, O.S.F.S., Catholic Issues: An On-Line Journal
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