Conferentie 'Commitments to Medieval Mystical Texts within Contemporary Contexts'

Op 7 en 8 september organiseert het 'Institute for the Study of Spirituality' van de KU Leuven een internationale conferentie 'Commitments to Medieval Mystical Texts within Contemporary Contexts'.

Why do we, as contemporary scholars within the field of Christian spirituality, privilege the reading of medieval mystical texts as our focus? How do we define their ability to uniquely address relevant issues for readers today? These meta-questions on the meaningfulness of our scholarship seek to encourage critical reflection on our own approaches to the medieval texts as well as on our scholarly and personal relations to others (academy, Church and society) mediated by such texts. This conference aims to provide for scholars in this field from distinct approaches (theology, philosophy, and literature) a dialogical forum in which we may better encounter strengths and/or weaknesses of our own presumptions in reading these mystical texts.

Sprekers

• Edward Howells (Heythrop College)
• Thom Mertens (University of Antwerp)
• Dietmar Mieth (University of Tübingen)
• Miguel Norbert Ubarri (University of Antwerp)
• Rik Van Nieuwenhove (Mary Immaculate College)
• Marie-Anne Vannier (University of Lorraine)

Meer informatie over het congres en het volledige programma kan u op de website van KU Leuven terugvinden.