Not Etched in Stone: Essays on Ritual Memory, Soul, and SocietyMarie A. Conn, Therese Benedict McGuire The essays presented by Professors Marie A. Conn and Th r se McGuire examine stone and water as vehicles of ritual memory through the lenses of various disciplines. In seven concise yet revealing chapters, the authors examine instances throughout history and unbound by geography of stone and water as real or abstract objects that shape our lives, possibly without our notice. Chapters topics include: -Water as a vehicle for ritual memory from the earliest days of human history to the present-day. -An investigation of the aesthetic principles of the Middle Ages up to the Gothic styles of cathedrals in North America. -Julian of Norwich, the famous cloistress, walled in by stone in comparison to Etty Hillesum, a WWII-era mystic, whose small desk used to write her revealing diaries became her stone cloister cell. -The Irish, water, and stone in Finnegan's Wake. -Warming the "stone heart" of a child pummeled by the foster care system. -The lack of clean water that contributes to wide-spread disease. -Group behavior and the eventualities of war through stone-like, (uncooperative and hardened) psychological states. |
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... women and three men who became her community of friends and lovers . Through Etty's writing , we become aware of the specific ways the German occupation of Holland and the Nazi program to eradicate the Jews affected the life of a vital ...
... women and three men who became her community of friends and lovers . Through Etty's writing , we become aware of the specific ways the German occupation of Holland and the Nazi program to eradicate the Jews affected the life of a vital ...
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... woman's response to the social concerns of her time . 62 Give me your hand . Conclusion 64 Two women from very different religious , cultural , and historical contexts teach us surprisingly similar truths about God , prayer , and our ...
... woman's response to the social concerns of her time . 62 Give me your hand . Conclusion 64 Two women from very different religious , cultural , and historical contexts teach us surprisingly similar truths about God , prayer , and our ...
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... women from seeking freedom or opportunity abroad . The choice Eveline faces is between " going across the waters " ( emigration ) for a life of freedom with Frank , whose name means historically both honest and free ( OED ) , or being ...
... women from seeking freedom or opportunity abroad . The choice Eveline faces is between " going across the waters " ( emigration ) for a life of freedom with Frank , whose name means historically both honest and free ( OED ) , or being ...
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