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Julian of Norwich a book of showings (1370s) - Coggle Diagram
Julian of Norwich a book of showings (1370s)
what is the relationship between the body and the soul?
" God sent me a bodily sickness"(414); allows Julian to frame our bodies as always already under God's care
" his pains were my pains" (415) this is me w my cats.
her belief, love and respect for God is what is keeping her going and allowing her to come to terms and acceptance with her death. She is thinking like "okay if I am suffering it is all his plan, it is all I need"
To me she is accepting her pain and suffering because she sees it as a gift from God. She adores him so much, that she is taking this as a form of love from him
another way to say this is basically when you accept anger, dryness. etc from someone because you care about them and that is the only form to attention you get from them
how do we think about the trinity?
god the father, the son and Holy Spirit--- three diff. people in one
" the trinity is out maker, the trinity is our keeper, the trinity is out everything lover" (415)
Trinity= GOD
what are the consequences of framing sin and flesh?
suffering is necessary and it's holy/a mode of devotion
the logic of aligning faith with health; if you are sick, it is God's plan. Everything is God's plan
pain of sickness as an "epistemic resources" (she was healed)- she got peace of mind at the thought of God's love; it also allowed her to move/remove herself.
wildly masochistic and also opens up some sexualities
anchoress: it seems like a lot, very heavy devotion; removes earthly distractions and stuff; no one else to talk to but GOD
the traditional affective party , we use the physical to jump start thinking about the
GOD= life
Christ's passion and Incarnation: (aka the 2 moments that insist on Jesu's humanness)
Christ as mother: takes motherhood out of the body and as a framework of care. " the ground of our kind natural and kind making" he is out mother who strains and suffers as he gives birth to our salvation"
what if as a consequence we're dismissing or devaluing women?
mothers are said to do anything and everything for their kids, they carry them and give them life, are nurturing, etc. In this way, GOD is seen be like a mother.
referes to GOD as clothing; "love warpath us and winders us,has let us and all recluses us, hangers about us for tender love that he may never leave us"
a way to interpret this could also be that we need clothing to survive, they protect us, they keep us warm and cover us when we need it. GOD also protects us and is in a way that wrapping layer of protection in our lives