Gender and Medieval Mysticism From India to Europe

This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe.

List of contents

1 Introduction
Alexandra Verini
Part I Mysticism as Resistance
2 Weeping as Resistance in Islamic and Christian Contemplative Hagiography
Ayoush Lazikani
3 Mysticism between Women in Early Medieval England
Kathryn Maude
4 Public Scandal and Mystical Marriage: Margery Kempe and M¿r¿bä
Katherine Zieman
Part II Reimagining the Female Mystic
5 Tongue Untied: Women and Forbidden Speech in Medieval India
Subhashree Chakravarty
6 Enclosed Life and Mystical Form in the Ancrene Wisse
Aparna Chaudhuri
7 Gender Fluidity in Sìr¿vaisònòava Theology: The Status of the Cowherd Women
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
Part III Shaping Mystical Femininity
8 The Discipline of Mahadevi and Lalla: Religious Ambiguity in the Gendering of Ascetic Female Hindu Saints
Dean Accardi
9 Imagined femininity in Sant Mysticism
Galina Rousseva-Sokolova
10 Invoking Mirabai: Elision and Illumination in the Global Study of Women Mystics
Nancy Martin
Part IV Women Mystics Across Time
11 Swaying in the Presence of the Saints: Women's Mediation of Spiritual Authority in the Sidi Sufi Devotional Tradition of Gujarat
Jazmin Graves
12 Love Knows no Bounds: Contemporary Artist Engagement with Marguerite Porete and Hadewijch
Louise Nelstrop
13 Afterword
Liz Herbert McAvoy

About the author

Alexandra Verini is an Assistant Professor of English at Ashoka University.
Abir Bazaz is an Assistant Professor of English at Ashoka University.

Summary

This book opens up a dialogue between pre-modern women identified as mystics in diverse locations from South Asia to Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Bazaz Verini
• Assisted by: Abir Bazaz (Editor), Alexandra Verini (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032396842
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239684-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Islam, RELIGION / General, India, Christianity, History of Religion, Medieval History, Hinduism, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: postcolonial literature