The Body and Holiness: A Scholarly Look at Gender in Medieval Hagiography
How does the gendering of images in medieval hagiography render holy women vivid, compelling, and desirable? On February 27, five scholars set out to answer this question. Rachel Smith (Villanova University) opened the conversation.
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.