IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 723: Hadewijch's Mystical Theology
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Ruusbroec Society, Universiteit van Antwerpen |
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Organiser: | Veerle Fraeters, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
Moderator/Chair: | Elisabeth Dutton, Magdalen College, University of Oxford |
Paper 723-a | The Reaction of Hadewijch and the 13th-Century Brabantine Mystics to the Divorce of Spirituality and Theology (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Dutch, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 723-b | Unity and Trinity in the Writings of Hadewijch of Brabant and Beatrijs of Nazareth (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Dutch, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 723-c | Annihilating Desire: Hadewijch and Marguerite Porete (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Language and Literature - French/ Occitan, Religious Life, Theology |
Abstract | Though not educated as a theologian, Hadewijch's literary works express a distinctive mystical theology that converses intensely with contemporary theology. In this session several aspects of Hadewijch's theological thought will be assessed. |