From CBE’s 2024 Conference “Tell Her Story: Women in Scripture and History” in Denver, Colorado.
This workshop will outline the life and teachings of Julian of Norwich (~1343–1416) who lived in medieval England. Julian exercised spiritual leadership in a context where women could not be ordained. What might her teachings, especially talking about Jesus as our mother, have to say to us in our discussions of the maleness of Jesus? How might this idea be used in prayer and devotion, as well as in theology today? Some of the debates and ideas which we have today are not new but have a long history in Christian thought.