Views of the Anchoritic Adjacent

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Anchoritic Society

Organizer Name

Michelle M. Sauer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of North Dakota

Presider Name

Natalie Grinnell

Presider Affiliation

Wofford College

Paper Title 1

Ascetic Desires: Translation of Ancrene Wisse in Medieval England

Presenter 1 Name

Anna Kelner

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Paper Title 2

Was Walter Hilton's Scale II Written for an Anchoress?

Presenter 2 Name

Michael Sargent

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Queens College, CUNY

Paper Title 3

Who Needs the Desert? The Use of the Desert Motif in Anchoritic and Monastic Literature

Presenter 3 Name

Joshua Britt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of South Florida

Paper Title 4

Poynts of Enclosure: Patience and the Shock of the Unknown

Presenter 4 Name

James C. Staples

Presenter 4 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2040

Description

We often talk about what to include or not to include in the study of religious reclusion. In this session, we will deliberately explore those movements or individuals that are “anchoritic adjacent,” rather than directly anchoritic or reclusive. What do these “neighbors” have to say? How do they intersect with religious withdrawal? How do they enhance our study of reclusion, withdrawal, and enclosure? Michelle M. Sauer