Julian of Norwich and the Ecological Crisis

Julian of Norwich and the Ecological Crisis

by Claire Gilbert
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/07/2024

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This book presents ecological insights drawn from a reading of Julian of Norwich, considering how effectively she can help us in our current plight. The argument is that to address the ecological crisis with the mindset that created it will only cause more problems, and that to really undo the harm humanity has done and continues to do will take a transformation of selfhood and hence of perception, from the Gestell, technological self that is the child of the Enlightenment to the porous self that we truly are, underneath our buffered, separated, controlling and lonely exterior. The author suggests Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love has the power to effect this transformation if we can learn to read it as disciples, not masters, just as Julian received and responded to her revelations as a performative, porous, receptive disciple. The chapters describe the technological mindset and its causal relationship with the ecological crisis, and articulate in detail how, if they are to transform us, we must read the Julian texts, taking first steps away from our technological selves as we do so. The book then takes significant passages from Julian and reads them in the performative, porous way that has been recommended. It will be of particular interest to scholars of theology and ecology, as well as medieval mysticism.

ISBN:
9781040085349
9781040085349
Category:
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-07-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis

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