The Missionary Position
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What’s it about?
Christopher Hitchens dismantles the myth of Mother Teresa, exposing her as a political operative who opposed modern medicine, allied with dictators, and used the poor as props for a global brand of suffering.
You’ll learn
- Mother Teresa's fame was built on spectacle, not systemic change
- Her hospices rejected modern medicine, treating pain as holy
- She funneled millions into the Vatican, not the poor
- She opposed contraception, condemning millions to poverty