On Deification and Sacred Eloquence: Richard Rolle and Julian of Norwich

ISBN-13: 9781032088655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 314 str.

Louise Nelstrop

Opis

This book considers the place of deification in the writings of Julian of Norwich and Richard Rolle, two of the fourteenth-century English Mystics. It argues that, as a consequence of a belief in deification, both produce writing that is helpfully viewed as sacred eloquence.

Spis treści

Introduction: Christian Ideas on Deification: Historical and Scholarly Perspectives  1 Defining Deification: Realistic Models  2 Defining Deification: Ethical Models  3 Stilling the Wandering Mind: Richard Rolle’s Implicit Deification  4 Participation and Deification in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love  5 The Sweet Ductus of Contra Amatores Mundi: Deification and Sacred Eloquence  6 Speaking in Christ: Julian’s Revelations as Sacred Eloquence;  Conclusions

O autorze

Louise Nelstrop is a Lecturer at York St John University and a College Lecturer at Saint Benet’s Hall, Oxford, both UK. She specializes in the English mystics. In addition to several articles, she co-authored Christian Mysticism: An Introduction to Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives (2009) with Kevin Magill and Bradley B. Onishi. She has also co-edited a number of volumes for the Routledge Series Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism. She is co-convener (with John Arblaster and Simon D. Podmore) of the Mystical Theology Network.