Julian of Norwich on the Incarnation
Part of the Christian Literary Imagination series
Speaker: Julia Lamm, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Georgetown University
Moderator: Joseph Simmons, SJ
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Julian of Norwich (c. 1342 - 1416) is perhaps most widely known for her refrain "all will be well, and every manner of thing will be well" and for her image of God as mother. Both of these ideas were ultimately rooted in her understanding of the incarnation and God's "kinde love." This presentation by Julia Lamm focuses on Julian's reflections on the Annunciation, on God's eternal love for humanity in the second person of the Trinity, and on Christ's radical identity with humanity at its most vulnerable in the wake of the plague and the social upheaval it brought. The result of this incarnational theology is a form of Christian humanism. Michael Scott, director of the Future of the Humanities Project, will provide opening and closing remarks, and Revd Joseph Simmons, SJ will moderate a Q&A session following the presentation.
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This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, the Georgetown Master’s Program in the Engaged and Public Humanities, Campion Hall, and the Las Casas Institute (Blackfriars).