Spirit Alive – Sexuality & Spirituality in Christian Writings

Barbara Newman, PhD Northwestern University

10/04/23: Sexuality & Spirituality in Christian Writings 

Barbara Newman is Professor of English, Classics, and History and John Evans Professor of Latin at Northwestern University, where she has taught since 1981. Known for her work on medieval religious culture, comparative literature, and women’s spirituality, she is the author of twelve books, including God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages; Medieval Crossover: Reading the Secular against the Sacred; and The Permeable Self: Five Medieval Relationships. She has also translated works by Abelard and Heloise, Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Thomas of Cantimpré, Frauenlob, and Richard Methley. Prof. Newman is a Fellow and past president of the Medieval Academy of America.

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7:30 p.m. EST

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