IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 734: A Faith in Crisis, III: World-Ending Scenarios
Tuesday 2 July 2024, 14:15-15:45
| Sponsor: | The Blurred Boundaries of Religious Dissent Research Initiative / The Mysticism & Lived Experience Network |
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| Organiser: | Amanda Langley, School of History, Queen Mary University of London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Reima Välimäki, Department of Cultural History / Turku Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Turku |
| Paper 734-a | Threats of Destruction and the Appeasement of God in Visiones cuiusdam virgines (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life and Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 734-b | Notes on a Scandal: The Later Uses of the Eternal Gospel (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography and Religious Life |
| Paper 734-c | A tort et a peccat: Prophecies and Martyrs at the End of Times (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety and Religious Life |
| 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 third session of this strand addresses the ultimate crisis, when God’s will or the timeline of salvation itself threaten the course of daily life and force elites and non-elites alike to react accordingly. |