Laughing at the Devil

Hall Amy Laura Hall

Description

Laughing at the Devil is an invitation to see the world with a medieval visionary now known as Julian of Norwich, believed to be the first woman to have written a book in English. (We do not know her given name, because she became known by the name of a church that became her home.) Julian "saw our Lord scorn [the Devil's] wickedness" and noted that "he wants us to do the same." In this impassioned, analytic, and irreverent book, Amy Laura Hall emphasizes Julian's call to scorn the Devil. Julian of Norwich envisioned courage during a time of fear. Laughing at the Devil describes how a courageous woman transformed a setting of dread into hope, solidarity, and resistance.

Sujets

• Mysticism
• Christian mysticism

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 16 juillet 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781478002109
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

Extrait

L AUG H I NG at the DE VI L

L AUG H I N G at the D E V I L

S E E I N GT H E W O R L D W I T H Julian of Norwich

A M Y L AU R A H A L L

duke university press durham and london 2018

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hall, Amy Laura, author. Title: Laughing at the devil : seeing the world with Julian of Norwich / Amy Laura Hall. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers:lccn2017049757 (print) lccn2017060635 (ebook) isbn9781478002109 (ebook) isbn9781478000129 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn9781478000259 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects:lcsh : Julian, of Norwich, 1343–| Great Britain— History—Medieval period, 1066–1485. | Mysticism—History— Middle Ages, 600–1500. Classification:lcc bv4832.3(ebook) |lcc bv4832.3 .h355 2018 (print) |ddc282.092—dc23 lcrecord available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049757

Cover art and book illustrations by Julienne Alexander

For my parents, Robert and Carol Hall

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Just because I am a woman,

must I therefore believe that

I must not tell you about the

goodness of God, when I saw

at the same time both his

goodness and his wish that

it should be known?

—julian of norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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c o n t e n t s

preface Devil: Zero •  xi

acknowledgments •  xix

introduction Love in Everything •  1

1 time OnPoynte •  19 2 truth Divine Delight •  41 3 blood Spiritual Safety •  61 4 bodies Nakedly and Truly •  81

postscript •  109

appendix A Summary of Julian’s Visions •  113 References • Index 115 •  119