Self-annihilation in Marguerite Porete
This article critically engages Christina Van Dyke's interpretation of "annihilation" in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls. Van Dyke's interpretation - well in accord with the consensus line among Porete scholars - emphasizes the alienness of Porete's understan...
| Άλλοι τίτλοι: | "Book Symposium" "Special issue: Women-focused" |
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| Στο/Στη: |
Religious studies
Έτος: 2024, Τόμος: 60, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 515-523 |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article critically engages Christina Van Dyke's interpretation of "annihilation" in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls. Van Dyke's interpretation - well in accord with the consensus line among Porete scholars - emphasizes the alienness of Porete's understanding of union with God, and so seemingly guts the challenge of Porete's text. In other words, if Porete is saying what Van Dyke takes her to be saying, it is no wonder that anyone would find her vision alien, her posited end of Christian life undesirable, and the challenge to attain it inert. In this article, I describe and defend an alternative reading of the Mirror, one that makes the goal of "self-annihilation" surprisingly more palatable. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412523000094 |
