them”’ (cited on pp. 81–2). For Weil, Bingemer suggests, ‘obedience to God is more important to man or to an institution’, which, on Bingemer ’s view, ‘proves the authenticity of her mystic experience’ (p. 83). Although there is much praise for Weil in it, Bingemer ’s account does not neglect the discomfiting, negative aspects of Weil’s work; she acknowledges that Weil’s emphasis on suffering can be read reductively as pure negativity (p. 91). Weil sought to achieve a ‘radical gift of self’, in which her intellectual and physical energies were dedicated to others since ‘[s]he believed that her life would only make sense through the Eucharistic giving and offering’ (p. 92). Consequently, the fourth chapter presents Weil’s life as (in the words of the chapter title) ‘A Paradoxical Testimony’. Weil’s attempt to live a life of integrity – committed to her ideals in practice and in theory – makes her a powerful witness. But Bingemer finds several paradoxes in Weil’s testimony: She is an anti-semitic ‘self-exiled Jew’, ‘an intellectual wounded by praxis’, and a pioneer for dialogue between faiths. Bingemer captures well the capacity of Weil’s life and thought to inspire both admiration and repulsion. And finally, in light of these paradoxes, the conclusion asks: ‘how do we synthesize her testimony?’ (p. 121). Is Weil a saint? While readers may not share the author ’s definition of sainthood (p. 123), Bingemer ’s portrait of Weil’s life and thought provokes reflection on what it means to live a life of passionate justice and compassionate love. Both our agreements and our disagreements with Weil can open up insights on this question. In the context of today’s discussions of privilege and oppression, and the role of religion in individual and social life, Weil provides the example of ‘a woman who was gifted with exceptional intelligence and culture, but who never clung to either as a privilege’, instead seeing her responsibility and ‘an open pathway for service to society’ (p. 107). Kate Kirkpatrick University of Hertfordshire ★ ★ ★ Living With(Out) Borders: Catholic Theological Ethics on the Migrations of Peoples, Agnes M. Brazal and Maria Teresa Davila (eds.), Orbis Books, 2016 (ISBN 978–1–62698-166-9), xi + 260 pp., pb $42 This edited volume by Agnes M. Brazal and Maria Teresa Davila is a com- prehensive compilation that covers a broad range of migration issues through the lens of Catholic theological ethics. In Part One, ‘Global Migration: A Sociological Perspective’, Saskia Sassen argues that mere existence of inequality is not sufficient to trigger Reviews 242 © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd