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Today we’re talking about the English medieval contemplative writers: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, and Richard Rolle! It might sound like an unusual topic, but we think you’re going to find these figures incredibly relatable. They lived during a time of plague and the sought to communicate the love and mercy of God. Our guest is Dr. Grace Hamman who is a wealth of knowledge on this era in England and these fascinating contemplatives and mystics.
Dr. Hamman is a writer, speaker, and literary scholar. She holds a doctorate in English from Duke University. She’s passionate about creating spaces to think seriously about the gifts of the past to help us orient our lives today towards the love of Christ. She runs a podcast on old books and their beauty and relevance to our lives today, Old Books With Grace, available on any podcasting service or at gracehamman.com. She lives in Denver with her husband and three young children.
In this episode we talk about the spiritual landscape of medieval England and how the theology presented by these contemplative writers was different from other English figures of the time. We talk about Julian of Norwich’s life as an anchorite, Margery Kempe’s hysterics and unusual vocation, and how the writings left by these theologians inspire and comfort us. It’s the perfect, nerdy listen as you wrap presents!
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