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Document Details : Title: Marguerite Porete, Annihilation and Trauma Author(s): FOULCHER, Jane Journal: Studies in Spirituality Volume: 32 Date: 2022-2023 Pages: 87-109 DOI: 10.2143/SIS.32.0.3292454 Abstract : Can a theology of annihilation, a radically apophatic theology, speak productively to the experience of trauma? In a 2012 study, Susan Shooter argues that The Mirror of Simple Souls, a late thirteenth century text by Marguerite Porete, offers ‘a theological mirror’ for the spiritual journey of survivors of abuse. In this paper I raise and explore some problematic consequences of Shooter’s application of this theology arguing that Marguerite’s apophatic theology offers an equivocal picture for the victim of trauma, and a poor, if not dangerous, mirror for any journey toward healing. |
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