IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1733: Empire of the Son, III: Mystical Christologies

Sponsor:	Mystical Theology Network / Institute of Spirituality, KU Leuven
Organiser:	Louise Nelstrop, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Moderator/Chair:	Veerle Fraeters, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen
Paper 1733-a	Absolute Power and Non-Hierarchy in Meister Eckhart's Christology (Language: English) Christopher Wojtulewicz, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, King's College London Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 1733-b	Object of the Soul's Desire: St Anselm's Prayer to Christ (Language: English) Matthew Mills, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 1733-c	The Empire of the Daughter (Language: English) Joana Serrado, Faculty of Theology, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Religious Life, Theology
Abstract	This session explores portraits of Christ drawn within mystical texts, and how mystical texts develop Christology in radical directions. In this vein, the papers consider the power implications of devotion to and longing for Christ, exploring models of spiritual hierarchy and what is meant by 'absolute' power, as well as the place of meditation and the challenges presented to the filial relationship between the Father and the Son by images of daughtership.