TY - CHAP
T1 - Reforming women in England and Scotland
T2 - claiming authority to speak of God
AU - Loades, Ann
PY - 2021/3/12
Y1 - 2021/3/12
N2 - Centuries after the Reformation, the ruins of the Cathedral of St Andrew, once the centre of the medieval church in Scotland, and the memorials to men who died for their religious convictions, remain. The contribution made by such men was so important, so terrible and so costly that it led to the eventual designation of St Andrews as a Reformation City in 2017. Considering the chaos and political disruption of Scotland in the sixteenth century and the emergence of a distinctly Scottish Reformation, this chapter examines the ways in which women—Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe significant among them—engaged with ‘reformation’, claiming authority to speak of their convictions. It concludes that women embodied their authority to speak of God, provoked and precipitated ‘reform’ in the church and other social and political contexts and even today continue to inspire much-needed reform to flourish.
AB - Centuries after the Reformation, the ruins of the Cathedral of St Andrew, once the centre of the medieval church in Scotland, and the memorials to men who died for their religious convictions, remain. The contribution made by such men was so important, so terrible and so costly that it led to the eventual designation of St Andrews as a Reformation City in 2017. Considering the chaos and political disruption of Scotland in the sixteenth century and the emergence of a distinctly Scottish Reformation, this chapter examines the ways in which women—Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe significant among them—engaged with ‘reformation’, claiming authority to speak of their convictions. It concludes that women embodied their authority to speak of God, provoked and precipitated ‘reform’ in the church and other social and political contexts and even today continue to inspire much-needed reform to flourish.
UR - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003044390
UR - https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?isn=9780367490805&rn=1
U2 - 10.4324/9781003044390-11
DO - 10.4324/9781003044390-11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780367490805
SN - 9780367698904
T3 - Gender, theology and spirituality
SP - 100
EP - 116
BT - Contemporary feminist theologies
A2 - Handasyde, Kerrie
A2 - McKinney, Cathryn
A2 - Pryor, Rebekah
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Abingdon, Oxon
ER -