Faith and Protest Then and Now, Medieval Womens’ Literary Protest Strategies, Focussing on Marguerite Porete’s Mystical Treatise The Mirror of Simple Souls, and its Possible Relevance to Current Issues Surrounding Faith and South African Realities
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This article considers the application of two counter-cultural issues of faith taken from a thirteenth century French manuscript to current issues of faith in South Africa. The thirteenth century French manuscript is a mystical treatise by Marguerite Porete who was burned at the stake for her ideas of faith, and the current issue of faith in South Africa is the charismatic movement currently flourishing on the South African landscape.
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Issues in Teaching and Research. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2005.
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Century.” Church History 76 No. 2, June (2007): 298-329.
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____ “MARGUERITE PORETE LE MIROUER DES SIMPLES AMES” and “MARGARETAE PORETE, SPECVLVM SIMPLICVM
ANIMARVM”, eds. Romana Guarnieri and Paul Verdyn. Corpus Christianorum: Continuato Mediaevalis 69. Turnhout, Belgium:
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Faith and Protest: Then and Now, Medieval Womens’ Literary Protest Strategies, Focussing on Marguerite Porete’s Mystical Treatise The Mirror of Simple Souls, and its Possible Relevance to Current Issues Surrounding Faith and South African Realities. (2016). African Journal of Gender and Religion, 22(1), 71-87. https://doi.org/10.14426/ajgr.v22i1.1494
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Faith and Protest: Then and Now, Medieval Womens’ Literary Protest Strategies, Focussing on Marguerite Porete’s Mystical Treatise The Mirror of Simple Souls, and its Possible Relevance to Current Issues Surrounding Faith and South African Realities. (2016). African Journal of Gender and Religion, 22(1), 71-87. https://doi.org/10.14426/ajgr.v22i1.1494