Commitments to Medieval Mystical Texts within Contemporary Contexts
Leuven ― 7-8 September 2012
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 a dialogical forum for scholars in this field from distinct approaches (theology, philosophy, and literature).
Organizer
Institute for the Study of Spirituality
Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Catholic University of Leuven
http://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/centres/institute_spirituality
Location
The Holy Spirit College (De Heilige Geest College)
Louis-Janssens Hall
Naamsestraat 40, B-3000 Leuven
Registration
Registration is required through:
or
2. email to satoshi.kikuchi@theo.kuleuven.be
The deadline for registration is 31 August 2012.
For more information, please contact Satoshi Kikuchi (the secretary of the Institute): satoshi.kikuchi@theo.kuleuven.be
Programme
7 September 2012 (Friday)
The Mass will be served in the chapel of the Holy Spirit College from 8:45
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9:00 |
Registration |
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9:45 |
Welcome: Lieven Boeve (Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of Leuven) |
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10:00 |
Session 1 <long presentations by invited speakers> Rik Van Nieuwenhove (Mary Immaculate College) Some Reflections on Medieval Mystical Texts as ‘Classic’ Texts in the Gadamerian Sense Edward Howells (Heythrop College) Reading Medieval Mystical Texts for Personal Transformation Today: An Academic Suggestion |
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11:20 |
Coffee break |
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11:40 |
Session 2 <short presentations> Jeffrey Fisher (Carroll University) Light Shines in the Darkness: Postmodern Retrievals of Medieval Mystical Imagery Philip Gonzalez (Catholic University of Leuven) Analogia Entis as a Marian Spirituality |
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12:40 |
Lunch |
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14:10 |
Session 3 <long presentations by invited speakers> Dietmar Mieth (University of Tübingen) Meister Eckhart on Poverty and Wealth Marie-Anne Vannier (University of Lorraine) Eckhart’s Reception Today |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
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15:50 |
Session 4 <short presentations> Donata Schoeller (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) Creatio Continua and Pragmatism Steven DeLay (Rice University) The Rose without Why and the Lily without Toil: Self, Resignation, and Appropriation in Eckhart and Kierkegaard Patrick Cooper (Catholic University of Leuven) Abiding by Love’s Demands: Retrieving Ruusbroec’s Understanding of ‘Minne’ |
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17:20 |
Reception |
8 September 2012 (Saturday)
The Mass will be served in the chapel of the Holy Spirit College from 9:00
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10:00 |
Session 5 <long presentations by invited speakers> Thom Mertens (University of Antwerp) Mystical Texts as Literature Miguel Norbert Ubarri (University of Antwerp) "Een spieghel der eeuwigher salicheit” of Blessed Jan van Ruusbroec: Theological Foundation That Revealed the Mystical Dimension of the Experience and Teachings of Blessed Don Manuel González García, the Bishop of the Eucharist and Abandoned Tabernacles |
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11:20 |
Coffee break |
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11:40 |
Session 6 <short presentations> Yoshihiko Abe (Waseda University) Hearing the Voice from the Beyond: Reading Mystical Text of Suso in Japan Today Siu Ping Chan (Catholic University of Leuven) Relevance of Comparative Study of Christian and Daoist Mysticism within the Contemporary Context of Chinese Christians |
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12:40 |
Lunch |
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14:10 |
Session 7 <short presentations> Bernadette Flanagan (All Hallows College - Dublin City University) The Life of Mary of Oignies: Beguine Lessons for New Monasticism Rob Faesen (Catholic University of Leuven) Albert Deblaere’s Study of Mysticism and His Concern for Christian Humanism John Arblaster (Catholic University of Leuven) The Blessed and the Burned. Reading Medieval Mystical Women Today |
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15:40 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
Session 8 <short presentations> Louisa van der Pol (Radboud University of Nijmegen) An Industrious Gardener Is Looking Upwards: The Theme of Gotes Geswîgen in Meister Eckhart’s Treatise The Book of Divine Consolation and in C.O. Jellema’s Poem ‘Hovenier’ Sergi Sancho Fibla (Pompeu Fabra University) Texts as Images: The Visibility and the Role of Memory in the Process of Writing and Reading Medieval Mystical Works Satoshi Kikuchi (Catholic University of Leuven) The Past Is Addressed to the Present: Eckhart’s Understanding of Incarnation |
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17:30 |
Conclusion: Rob Faesen (Catholic University of Leuven, Head of the Institute for the Study of Spirituality) |