Union and Estrangement: The Dynamics of Presence in The Flowing Light of the Godhead
There are several noticeably different articulations of the soul's desire for union with God over the course of Mechthild of Magdeburg's The Flowing Light of the Godhead. Written over the course of her life, the text narrates a shift from the highly individual mode of relation with God in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Medieval mystical theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 3–13 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
mystic poetics
B Mysticism B Mechthild of Magdeburg B Beguine theology B nuptial theology B Alienation |
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| Summary: | There are several noticeably different articulations of the soul's desire for union with God over the course of Mechthild of Magdeburg's The Flowing Light of the Godhead. Written over the course of her life, the text narrates a shift from the highly individual mode of relation with God in her early visions to a more communal view of divine love after her entrance into the community at Helfta. I have chosen three key moments in the text to illustrate this shift and the underlying theology that enables it, a theology that finds union with the divine in both the presence and absence of God. |
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| ISSN: | 2046-5734 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval mystical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20465726.2024.2334620 |