{"product_id":"laughing-at-the-devil-seeing-the-world-with-julian-of-norwich-hardback-9781478000129","title":"Laughing at the Devil; Seeing the World with Julian of Norwich (Hardback) 9781478000129","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLaughing at the Devil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSeeing the World with Julian of Norwich\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmy Laura Hall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478000129\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 August 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Although Hall addresses serious topics, her treatment is boundless and joyful. Those familiar with Julian's writings should find this unique take to be contemporary and relevant.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - James Wetherbee (Library Journal) \u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Laura Hall urges her own readers to read Julian [of Norwich] and to keep thinking along with her. This brief study is worthy of careful reading. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, general readers.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - G.H. Shriver (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A book to read with the heart as well as the mind.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Willard E. Roth (Sharing the Practice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Amy Laura Hall’s \u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is valuable because she resists a bloodless and spiritualized vision of Julian’s theology. Covenant theologians seeking to understand the significance of WaldenstrÖm’s insistence that the cross was a demonstration of divine love will find in Hall’s Julian an important conversation partner.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jodie Boyer Hatlem (Covenant Quarterly) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A labor of love: a testament to the richness of Julian’s writing and the balm of a new theological perspective for those deeply hurt by life. . . .  For readers grappling with tragedy, pain, and bewilderment at the world’s evils, \u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil \u003c\/i\u003emakes meaningful Julian’s revelation that all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Andrew K. Lee (Reading Religion) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A fresh take on Julian of Norwich that you don’t need a divinity degree to understand. . . . In Hall’s hands, Julian the anchorite mystic becomes a spiritual friend. She may have prayed in mean and miserable times, but she gets a generous vision of God’s love for us all.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Lillian Daniel (Christian Century) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a pastoral and prophetic book for all readers who seek a centering hope in times of overwhelming oppression and pain, in which a toxic blend of religion and politics entices people to cope with the fear of pain or their present suffering through various mechanisms of control and punishment-be it shame, intimidation, or scrutinizing methods accounting for grace and redemption. Selective in its sources, teachers of theology and ethics will find this a great companion book to reflect with students on how to translate historical theological writings into real lived embodied situations in ways that matter. . . .\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Heike Peckruhn (Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Amy Laura Hall has written a short book about Julian of Norwich and ethics that is both a laugh-out-loud read and an entirely serious reflection on living in the safety of the cross. Hall’s reflections made this medieval English visionary come alive for me, and she also helped me enable Julian to seem relevant-even someone to celebrate-for undergraduates living in a time of pandemic, political division, and fear. . . . I recommend this book highly for scholars, for students, and for anyone wanting to understand Julian of Norwich and reflect on the cross in a fresh and invigorating way.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Robert W. Heimburger (Studies in Christian Ethics)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to see the world with a medieval visionary now known as Julian of Norwich, believed to be the first woman to have written a book in English. (We do not know her given name, because she became known by the name of a church that became her home.) Julian “saw our Lord scorn [the Devil's] wickedness” and noted that “he wants us to do the same.” In this impassioned, analytic, and irreverent book, Amy Laura Hall emphasizes Julian's call to scorn the Devil. Julian of Norwich envisioned courage during a time of fear. \u003ci\u003eLaughing at the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e describes how a courageous woman transformed a setting of dread into hope, solidarity, and resistance.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface. Devil: Zero  xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Love in Everything  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Time: On Poynte  19\u003cbr\u003e 2. Truth: Divine Delight  41\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blood: Spiritual Safety  61\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bodies: Nakedly and Truly  81\u003cbr\u003e Postscript  109\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. A Summary of Julian's Visions  113\u003cbr\u003e References  115\u003cbr\u003e Index  119\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591025914136,"sku":"9781478000129","price":63.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/laughing-at-the-devil-seeing-the-world-with-julian-of-norwich-hardback-9781478000129","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}