Flesh Made Word: Medieval Women Mystics, Writing, and the Incarnation

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215 Index abjection, 28n98, 62n51, 68n67, 73–78, 97, 108, 115, 118, 161 allegory, 53n18, 62, 130, 143n50, 150, 153 Allison, Dorothy, xviin23 Angela of Foligno, xiii, xvii, 24, 32, 34–36, 42, 87, 89–92, 94–95, 98–100, 109, 112–17, 119–20, 130–32, 139, 141, 144, 150, 153, 160–61, 169, 171–72, 177–78, 180–81, 183–84, 191, 195; as author, 92–93; companion of, see Masazuola; and incarnation, 116– 20, 125–26; and lepers, 118; life of, 90; pilgrimage of to Assisi, 96, 109–15, 120, 122, 125; and scribe, see Arnaldo, Brother; spiritual journey of, 95–97, 109–11, 114, 124, 126; visions of, 87, 93–97, 99, 111–12, 114–20; as writer, 92, 94, 116, 126 annihilation, 36, 74–75, 128, 130–33, 137–39, 151, 165–66, 175, 181; effects of, 141–43, 152; and incarnation , 160, 165–67, 192; mystical, 175, 192; of soul, 128, 131, 133, 137, 140, 149–53, 167, 182; of will, 128, 131–35, 142–43, 147, 152, 161; and writing, 128, 133, 147–50, 152 anthropology: androcentric, 3–4; apophatic , 132, 172, 188–90; philosophical , 156; theological, 7, 27 apophasis, 170, 172, 189–91; and writing , 178, 190 apophatic: bodies, 176–77, 188–90, 192; Christ, 178, 185–89; discourse , 153, 165, 169, 171–73, 179, 188–89, 191; feminist theology, 173–74; logic, 190–92; theology, 149, 169–71, 173, 176–77, 183, 187, 189; theology and incarnation, 169; tradition, 170, 173, 175–76, 187 Aquinas, Thomas, 3n9, 78n101, 93, 138, 170, 173, 181 Arnaldo, Brother, xiii, 90–100, 110–16, 118, 120, 125–26, 172, 183 asceticism, 88, 115, 132, 194 Athanasius, 24 Augustine, 49, 78n101, 79 author, xii, 39, 69, 84, 92–94, 115, 129, 147–48, 159; God as, xiii, 98–99, 151–52, 183 216 INDEX authorial activities: medieval women’s, xii authority, x, xvii, 120, 124–25; to interpret experience, 115; legitimate , xiii; of love, 150; masculine, 55, 114; spiritual, 89–91, 114, 124, 126; to teach, 35; to write, 120–21, 150 authorship, xiii, 92–94; divine, 98–99, 151; premodern concept of, xiii Barthes, Roland, xiiin14, 92n11 Beatrice of Nazareth, 88–89 Beauvoir, Simone de, 108 becoming divine, 44, 90, 120, 126, 163–65, 186, 191–95; see also divinization beguines, 50–51, 53–55, 59–60, 62, 65, 71, 82–85, 128, 159, 167, 178 birth, 29, 35, 43, 45, 53, 59, 78–79, 82, 85, 89, 146, 162; of love, 51, 53, 62–65, 72, 80–81, 84; theological significance of, 64; virgin, 65, 78, 141; and writing, 104 bodies: disabled, 14, 17–18, 22; diverse, 27; female, 4, 22, 160, 175–76; gestures of, xiii, 17, 46, 102, 105, 125–26, 158; human, 12–13, 39, 177, 186, 189–91; hysterical, 107, 113, 116, 125, 158; noncomforming , 18; sacramental, 17–18, 117; speaking, 190, 192; suffering, 13, 20; volatile, 190, 192; women’s, xiii, 5–6, 18, 31, 33–34, 36–37, 88, 90, 92, 101–2, 104–7, 156, 158, 176; women’s, and Christ, 18, 34, 88, 174; see also flesh body: female, 37, 106, 115, 125, 157–58, 175; of God, 12, 29, 117, 187; human, 1, 7, 22, 28, 41, 142, 176–77; maternal, 49, 52, 66, 73–74, 78, 82–84, 123, 189; maternal, and incarnation, 78; see also Christ, body of Boesel, Chris, 176, 189 Boeve, Lieven, 185–86 Bonaventure, 172 Brintnall, Kent L., 18n91, 78n98, 191n93 Brock, Rita Nakashima, 15 Butler, Judith, 39n30, 68n65, 83n112, 125n133, 155n102, 190n86 Bynum, Carolyn Walker, xvi, 34, 88, 115 cataphatic theology, 170, 172–73, 180, 187 Catherine of Siena, 144 Certeau, Michel de, xvin19 Chalcedon, council of, 10 Chalcedonian definition, 31, 44–45, 185–86, 194 Charcot, Jean-Martin, 106–7 Cheah, Pheng, 155 chora, 67–69, 73, 83 Christ: and annihilation of will, 138–41; apophatic, 178, 185–88; betrothal to, 97; Black, 19–20; blood of, 87; body of, xi, 6, 15–16, 18, 32, 34–36, 43, 45, 79–80, 88, 90, 114–16, 118, 141, 145, 153, 187, 193; body of, and scripture, 41; cosmic , 8, 11–13, 24, 45, 117; crucified , 4, 13, 18, 20, 78, 95, 97, 145; divinity of, 35, 46, 96; ecological, 11, 13, 24; as exemplar, 12, 18, 36, 44, 92, 131–32, 134, 139–41, 146, 153, 160, 164; humanity of, 4, 57–58, 77, 81, 84, 88, 96, 115, 186; icons of, 191; imitation of, 14, 23, 35...