IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 217: Does Matter Matter to Medieval Mystics?, II: Spatial and Material Metaphors in Mystical Texts
Monday 1 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Mystical Theology Network / Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, KU Leuven |
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Organiser: | Rob Faesen, Institute for the Study of Spirituality, KU Leuven / Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
Moderator/Chair: | Joost Baneke, Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, KU Leuven |
Paper 217-a | Drunk in Love: The Motif of the Mystical Wine Cellar in Spiritual Literature from the Medieval Low Countries (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching, Theology |
Paper 217-b | Broken Objects, Broken Bodies: Materiality in the Mulieres Religiosae (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 217-c | Petrus Croon's Mystical Kitchen: How the Cook Jan van Leeuwen Was Lionized in the 17th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Dutch, Theology |
Abstract | These three sessions explore questions around the status of (im)materiality in mystical-theological discourse in a variety of medieval places, times, and languages. Is the purpose of mystical discourse ultimately to lead to the annihilation of the body and the self in union with God or is there abiding value to the material world? The papers in these sessions will address this central theological question from a variety of perspectives, including theoretical approaches that inquire into the nature of contemplation and union with God, the use of spatial and material metaphors in mystical texts, and questions surrounding the body and the self. |