Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER Ι. Affective Spirituality and the Genesis of A Book of Showings 15
7. CHAPTER 2. From Visualization to Vision: Meditation and the Bodily Showings 40
8. CHAPTER 3. "AlIe Shalle Be WeIe": The Theodicy of Julian of Norwich 63
9. CHAPTER 4. The Parable of the Lord and Servant and the Doctrine of Original Sin 83
10. CHAPTER 5. Reconceiving the Imago Dei: The Motherhood of Jesus and the Ideology of the Self 107
11. CHAPTER 6. Re-Visions and A Book of Showings 135
12. Conclusion 165
13. Notes 167
14. Works Cited 199
15. Index 213