Date/Time
Date(s) - 12 Mar 2013
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
Category(ies) No Categories
Carole Slade (Columbia University), “Teresa of Avila’s Use of Writing for Self-Fashioning”
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) wrote, mainly at the command of her confessors, in several official genres of the Catholic Church, including penitential confession, spiritual testimony, and mystical treatise. Despite the constraints of these genres, Teresa produced a large corpus of writing in which she presented herself the way she wished to be known; she fashioned herself as a pious, obedient, orthodox Christian who had received visions and locutions from God, even as a prospective saint. Although other versions of her experiences and activities circulated, among them Inquisitional accusations of heresy, her interpretation of her life prevailed in the proceedings for her canonization in 1622 and beyond.
We will gather after 5.30 pm either in the bar, if the bar is open, or on the second floor, where dinner will follow at 6:00 pm. The talk will begin at 7:00 pm sharp.
Directions to Faculty House can be found at
http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/resources/directions-to-faculty-house/
If you would like to attend the dinner prior to Dr. Slade’s presentation, please confirm by notifying the rapporteur Hannah Barker ([email protected]) no later than TUESDAY, March 5.
For further information about the Seminar on Religion and Writing, please visit our website at https://researchblogs.cul.columbia.edu/islamicbooks/religionwriting/
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