From Heresy to Orthodoxy: The Riddle of Iberian Christian Mysticism

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Ana Maria Carvajal; Jessica A. Boon

Organizer Affiliation

Purdue Univ.; Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Presider Name

Ana Maria Carvajal

Paper Title 1

Ramon Lull, the Return of a Mystic

Presenter 1 Name

Noel Blanco Mourelle

Presenter 1 Affiliation

College of William & Mary

Paper Title 2

Love, Memory, and Will: The Plasticity of the Mystical Discourse

Presenter 2 Name

Hernán Matzkevich

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 3

The (non)Subject of Mysticism, and the Dark Ages of Modernity

Presenter 3 Name

Sanda Munjic

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 4

Respondent

Presenter 4 Name

Jessica A. Boon

Start Date

10-5-2018 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

Iberian mysticism underwent a process that propelled it from nearly being equated with heresy to becoming central to Catholic doctrine and practice. This panel examinations this radical transformation that led to the legitimization, in the eyes of theologians and inquisitors, of the search for a personal experience of the divine. The reconsideration of mysticism as an orthodox practice may help to explain the complex development that transformed medieval values into the pillars of the early modern Iberian society.

Ana Maria Carvajal