IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1133: 'We are, with the Divine Persons, One Love and One Enjoyment', II: Explorations of Pleasure and Enjoyment in the Mystics of the Low Countries
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen / Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, KU Leuven |
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| Organiser: | Rob Faesen, Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Louise Nelstrop, Sarum College, Salisbury / University of Oxford |
| Paper 1133-a | Embodied Joy in Julian of Norwich (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Theology |
| Paper 1133-b | Bodily Aspects of Mystical Enjoyment (ghebruken) in John of Ruusbroec (1293-1381) (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology |
| Abstract | The term ghebruken (enjoyment, pleasure) has important implications in the descriptions and analyses of the relationship and union between the human person and God in the mystical literature of the medieval Low Countries. This theme is often discussed in contemporary studies, and interpreted from many different perspectives. This research often focuses on female mystical authors. The intention of this session is to present a nuanced historical, literary and theological analysis of this theme as it appears in the primary texts themselves, including in those of male authors (e.g. William of Saint-Thierry, John of Ruusbroec, etc.). |