Katie Bugyis - The Wisdom of Enclosure in Julian of Norwich's Showings

A webinar delivered by Professor Katie Bugyis (University of Notre Dame) on May 14th, 2020. Presented as part of a spring webinar series on "Reason and Wisdom in Medieval Christian Thought" Julian of Norwich (d. ca. 1416) was a widely respected and sought-out English thinker and spiritual counsellor. She lived as an anchorite, enclosed in a cell attached to a church in Norwich, Julian’s Showings are a book of spiritual visions that emerged from her life of prayer and that wrestle with the profound theological mysteries of fitting evil and suffering with God’s mercy and love. Professor Katie Bugyis will examine Julian’s thought in the context of her vocation of enclosed prayer.