IMC 2024: Sessions

Session 534: A Faith in Crisis, I: Reactions to Institutional Crises

Sponsor:	Mysticism & Lived Experience / Blurred Boundaries of Religious Dissent Research Initiative
Organiser:	Amanda Langley, School of History, Queen Mary University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Lydia Shahan, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
Paper 534-a	Scholastic Theology in Crisis?: Marguerite Porete's Critique of Reason and Intellect (Language: English) Tatiana Barkovskiy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Index terms: Education, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching and Theology
Paper 534-b	Church Crisis and Contemplative Response in Jan van Leeuwen (Language: English) John Arblaster, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Education, Religious Life and Theology
Abstract	Heresies, reform movements, and the manifestation of mystical experiences can be a response to a crisis or, in turn, precipitate a crisis by challenging established institutions and beliefs. These crises encompass a diversity of experiences, and range from crises of faith experienced by individuals questioning their faith, receiving revelations from an uncertain origin, or being challenged by religious authorities regarding orthodoxy, to devastating communal crises with “heretical” groups challenging the Church or calling for reform, and ecclesiastical authorities trying to respond, sometimes violently. The fourth panel will look at the personal ramifications of crisis, both institutional and individual.