Why do we\, as contemporary scholars within the field of Christian \;spirituality\, privilege the reading of medieval mystical texts as a critical \;mainstay of our focus? How do we define \;their \;historical (dis)continuity \;with our contemporary contexts and their ability to uniquely address \;relevant issues for readers today? These \;meta-questions on the \;meaningfulness of our \;scholarship seek to encourage critical reflection \;on our distinct approaches to the medieval texts: historical\, literary\, \;theological \;hermeneutical\, and \;interdisciplinary praxis-based approaches\, as well as on our scholarly and personal relations to others \;(academy\, Church and society) mediated by such texts. At the intersection \;of questions of meaningfulness mutually \; interacting with our \;diverging methodologies\, this conference aims to provide a fruitful\, \;dialogical forum in which we may better encounter strengths and/or \;weaknesses of our own presumptions in reading these mystical texts.
\nThis conference \;will offer opportunities \;to both senior and junior \;scholars whose work involves engaging with primary medieval mystical texts \;to give a short\, 20 minute presentation\, which will in turn be followed by a \;10 minute moderated \;discussion. There will be various topical sessions that \;envisage exchange amongst conversant perspectives. The working language is
English.
We kindly ask to those who are interested to send a proposed paper title \;with a brief abstract (200-400 words in English) to the contact address \;below by April 25 (Wed)\, 2012. Please note that\, due to the limited size of \;the conference\, there may be cases that we are unable to accommodate all \;proposed papers. In such a case\, selection will be made based on abstracts.
Contact:
Satoshi Kikuchi \;satoshi.kikuchi@theo.kuleuven.be \;
\nCatholic \;University of Leuven
\nFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies
\nSint-Michielsstraat 4 box 3101
\n3000 Leuven\, Belgium
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