#1. The Mother Teresa Revelations
Once the shock of Doubleday's August disclosure — that Teresa's
private letters testified that she could not sense her beloved God for most
of her last half-century — had abated, more serious questions could be
joined. Did her epic "dryness" make her a greater saint or some kind of
self-deceiver? Does faith consist merely of God's felt presence; and if not,
how long can faith truly continue without it?