| Hadewijch and Her Sisters Contributor(s): Milhaven, John Giles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791415422 ISBN-13: 9780791415429 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: 189.082 |
| LCCN: 92031369 |
| Series: Suny Series, the Body in Culture, History, and Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.9" W x 8.98" (0.57 lbs) 171 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hadewijch, a thirteenth-century woman, describes her relationship with God as a mutual loving in which God and she affect each other personally and profoundly. This book presents in detail the account by Hadewijch of this supreme and most satisfying experience. Presented here are phenomenologically specific traits of the bodily knowing that Hadewijch and other women of her time and place prized in their devotion to Christ and his saints. The opposition to the traditional Western ideal and norm is evident. In prizing embodied mutuality, Hadewijch has learned from Bernard of Clairvaux, but sees much more. |