[Faith] Episode 74: Grace Hamman - A Medieval Mystic’s Vision of God’s Love
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[Faith] Episode 74: Grace Hamman - A Medieval Mystic’s Vision of God’s Love

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 14, 202649 min

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with writer and scholar Grace Hamman about Julian of Norwich, her mystical visions, and her radically intimate understanding of God’s love. They explore Julian’s depiction of Jesus as a mother, her approach to suffering and hope in the aftermath of the Black Death, and her insistence that “all shall be well” is not a simplistic promise that everything will turn out fine, but a hard-won hope in the midst of suffering. They also consider what Julian’s example can teach those navigating deconstruction, questions of...

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You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God-ordained podcast on the internet. I'm Pete Enns. And I'm Jared Bias. For centuries, the story of Eve has been used to say something about women,

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that they are more easily deceived, less trustworthy, or even responsible for humanity's downfall. But is that really what the story says? Well, in our September class taught by a friend of the podcast, Ciara Jones, we're going to talk about Eve. What does the Bible actually say and how have interpretations of Eve shaped

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the way women have been understood and treated over the centuries? Ciara, or as many know her, CJ, is going to cover topics like where the fall narrative actually comes from, how centuries of interpretation have turned Eve into a symbol of deception, blame, and untrustworthiness, and why this is relevant for today. Like, how this has

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