Written on the body: corporeality, desire, and the erotic in medieval women’s mystical writing
The dominant interpretation of medieval mystical writing associates women with the body and men with an apophatically-inclined spirituality. This is evidenced in the groundbreaking scholarship of Caroline Walker Bynum, which drew attention to the ‘startling significance’ 1 of the body to female form...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-86 |
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Marguerite, Porète 1250-1310
/ Juliana, von Norwich 1340-1413
/ Body
/ Mysticism
/ Feminist theology
/ Negative theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages NBE Anthropology |
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apophatic theology
B Julian of Norwich (c.1342–c.1416) B Christian Mysticism B Marguerite Porete (1250–1310) B Feminist Theology |
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