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Gender, The Body, and Holiness in the Middle Ages
Gender, The Body, and Holiness in the Middle Ages
A symposium on Rachel Smith's (Villanova University) book, Excessive Saints: Gender, Narrative, and Theological Invention in Thomas of Cantimpré’s Mystical Hagiographies. Rachel Smith will outline the major themes of her work. Then, Willemien Otten (University of Chicago), Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago), and Barbara Newman (Northwestern University) will respond. Ryan Coyne (University of Chicago) will moderate the conversation.
