IMC 2024: Sessions

Session 634: A Faith in Crisis, II: Metanoia in Progress

Tuesday 2 July 2024, 11:15-12:45

Sponsor:	Mysticism & Lived Experience / Blurred Boundaries of Religious Dissent Research Initiative
Organiser:	Amanda Langley, School of History, Queen Mary University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Marisa Michaud, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Paper 634-a	Ramon Llull's Mysticism and the Creative Urge of a Life in Crisis (Language: English) Sergi Castella-Martinez, Centre d'Estudis en Estètica, Religió i Cultura Contemporània, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Index terms: Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching and Theology
Paper 634-b	Colette of Corbie in Crisis (Language: English) Sean L. Field, Department of History, University of Vermont Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life and Women's Studies
Paper 634-c	Redefining Spirituality in an Identity Crisis: The Case of Adam Scotus, Premonstratensian Turned Carthusian (Language: English) Jonas Narchi, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Index terms: Monasticism, 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 fifth panel of this series considers the turmoil mystics faced when attempting to find their place within the Church and fulfill their role as a vox dei.