Dag Hammarskjold: A Spiritual Portrait

127 pp. "...Sven Stolpe has here attempted a portrait of the man showing the evolution of his faith and refuting the arguments that Hammarskjold's Christian mysticism was disingenuous or the product of overweening pride. This book reveals its [Hammarskjold's faith] sources and influences--in literature, philosophy, politics, and theological writings--and the relation of this spiritual progress to the broader phases of Hammarskjold's career, and to the complex character of his emotions. It uses numerous excerpts from Markings, and many of that book's more obscure passages are made clear. The result is by no means, a full-fledged biography, but rather an interpretation of a brilliant public servant's inner life; it portrays a man of anguished conscience in the possession of a singular, mystical faith."