Impossible Recovery - Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Well-Being

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Hannah Lucas

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Lucas
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9780231218689
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21868-9
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mindfulness & Meditation, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, philosophy; religion