Impossible Recovery

Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Well-Being

Hannah Lucas (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

424 Seiten

2025
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-21868-9 (ISBN)

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Hannah Lucas explores the entanglement of illness and revelation in the writings of Julian of Norwich, illuminating the unexpected commonalities between the medical and the mystical and their significance for philosophies of health.

The medieval mystic Julian of Norwich (1342–after 1416) is the first known woman to author a book in the English language, recognized today for her strikingly optimistic claim that “all shall be well.” Her visionary text Revelations of Divine Love is the product of many years of contemplation, written and revised after a life-changing event of near-fatal illness and divine revelation.

Hannah Lucas explores the entanglement of illness and revelation in Julian’s writings, illuminating the unexpected commonalities between the medical and the mystical and their significance for philosophies of health. Framed by an original application of post-Heideggerian philosophy, Impossible Recovery offers a vivid new interpretation of the medieval mystic as crafting a proto-phenomenological theology of well-being. Lucas’s careful readings pay close attention to Julian’s mystical language and poetics, revealing the surprising resonances of her writings with modern and postmodern thought. Refracted through Julian’s Revelations, this book advances a powerful existential query about the possibilities of recovery—of well-being, and of medieval history.

Hannah Lucas is the Newby Trust Research Fellow at Newnham College, University of Cambridge.

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note on Editions and Translations
Introduction. Then and Now: Recovering Julian of Norwich
1. Mapping the Journey Home: A Phenomenology of Well-Being
2. Learning to Live: Julian’s Illness and the Craft of Dying
3. Bearing Witness: Revelation, Suffering, and the Fiend
4. Seeking Understanding: Julian’s Mystical Text
5. The Contemplative Way: The Performance of Prayer and Homlyhede
6. Make Straight the Paths: Christ, Providence, and Salvation
Conclusion. Not Yet Performed: Julian in Time
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Gender, Theory, and Religion
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-231-21868-0 / 0231218680
ISBN-13	978-0-231-21868-9 / 9780231218689
Zustand	Neuware