Lovers, leaders, fighters: issues of gender in films about female mystics

This article discusses three films about female mystics, Thérèse by Alain Cavalier (1986); The Messenger – The Story of Joan of Arc by Luc Besson (1999); Vision – Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen by Margarethe von Trotta (2009), with a particular interest in how these films refer to issues of...

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Main Author: Knauß, Stefanie 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2015]
In: Mysticism and gender
Year: 2015, Pages: 53-65
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
Online Access: Volltext (doi)