Encompassment in Love: Rabi'a of Basra in Dialogue with Julian of Norwich
Rabi'a Al-Adawiya (ca. 717-801) and Julian of Norwich (ca. 1343-1416) offer fertile ground for comparative study, but they have yet to be studied together in depth. This article is the first sustained comparative analysis of these two crucial voices, each dominant in research on Islamic and Chr...
| Published in: | Journal of medieval religious cultures |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2020]
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-136 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam CB Christian life; spirituality CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages |
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Medieval
B Julian of Norwich B Christian Mysticism B Islamic Mysticism B Rabi'a of Basic |
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| Summary: | Rabi'a Al-Adawiya (ca. 717-801) and Julian of Norwich (ca. 1343-1416) offer fertile ground for comparative study, but they have yet to be studied together in depth. This article is the first sustained comparative analysis of these two crucial voices, each dominant in research on Islamic and Christian love respectively. There are powerful correspondences between the contemplatives' approaches to divine love. Both Julian and Rabi'a seek an apprehension of the ineffable Beloved in their prose and poetry respectively. Attention will rest primarily on these women's approaches to divine familiarity and indwelling; these approaches are enshrined in their prayer practice and in their imaged enclosures. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jmedirelicult.46.2.0115 |