Mystical Gets Physical: The Bodily Element in Female Spirituality

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Magistra: A Journal of Women's Spirituality in History

Organizer Name

Judith Sutera, OSB

Organizer Affiliation

Magistra Publications

Presider Name

Judith Sutera, OSB

Paper Title 1

Suffering, Asceticism, and "Performing" the Imitation of Christ in the Ancrene Wisse

Presenter 1 Name

Julia Zhao

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 2

Reading Wounds: Embodied Mysticism in a Fourteenth Century Codex

Presenter 2 Name

Jessica Barr

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Eureka College

Paper Title 3

Intimate with God: Julian of Norwich

Presenter 3 Name

Carol F. Heffernan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.-Newark

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1340

Description

Session will explore ways in which women mystics used physical actions and symbols to express intimacy with the divine.

Judith Sutera