A empatia e o diálogo judaico-cristão em Edith Stein

Abstract

The obejctive of this dissertation is explore the life of Edith Stein, with the intention of include her on the list of precursors of the Jewish-Christian Dialog. The base of the hiphotesys is in her book “The problem of empathy”, while the phenomenological method that describes the human organization, where come the dialogic and relational momentum. The thesis of Stein inspires the spiritual apprehension of the universe of other, that confirms the empathy as way of union between Jews and Christians. The manifestation of this process is found in the biography of the author whose itinerary shows that she incarnated the empathy, relating with people of several beliefs in a deep respect and harmony, even with God himself. In Edith Stein contemplates the synthesis of the human person, inserted in the political-religious of the XX century. Besides rejected and humilated by the fact that she was a woman, judea, nun, and have your life exterminated in Auschwitz, she triumphs. Her legacy polysemic and especially your anthropological contribution are reflected in documents and oficial declaration of the Roman Church and religious authorities of Judaism.