IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 719: Eating and Being Eaten by God, II: England and the Low Countries
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Mystical Theology Network (MTN) / Instituut voor de Studie van Spiritualiteit, KU Leuven |
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| Organiser: | Louise Nelstrop, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford / Sarum College, Salisbury |
| Moderator/Chair: | Rob Faesen, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Paper 719-a | Gertrud of Helfta's Use of the Thirst Metaphor from Psalms 42 and 63 to Articulate Her Longing for God and Absorption into Christ (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Liturgy, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 719-b | Richard Rolle on Eating, Satiation, and Nourishing Others (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 719-c | Having Your Christ and Eating Him Too: Mutual Devouring and Agency in Hadewijch of Brabant and Julian of Norwich (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Language and Literature - Middle English, Theology, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | This session examines ways in which mystics relate to food. The first paper examines starvation and the relationship between contemplation and fasting in Bede and Felix on eremiticism. The second paper explores the importance of eating well and satiation in Richard Rolle's mysticism and as a prerequisite for nourishing others. The third paper examines ways in which mystics and God engage in mutual consumption, focusing on the thought of Julian of Norwich and Hadewijch of Brabant it explores how this relates to everyday life and food, as well as medieval medical theories and Eucharistic practise. |