JUST FYI POD: IDEAS
SEASON 1, EPISODE 5: “Our Ten Favorite Theological Works: #7”
During the first season of Just FYI Pod: Ideas, my cohost Clark Elliston and I will countdown our ten favorite works of theology. On today’s episode, I will explore Revelations of Divine Love by the medieval English anchoress Julian of Norwich (ca. 1343 - after 1416). Meanwhile, Clark will discuss I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (Je Vois Satan Tomber Comme L’Éclair), published in 1999 by the French Catholic polymath René Girard (1923-2015).
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Interesting discussion on mysticism. My wife is an organist - organ major at Samford - and for her senior recital she played a very complicated piece by a French organist, Olivier Messiaen, entitled “Dieu parmi nous.” It is the final piece from his “La nativité du Seigneur.” He was a devout Roman Catholic, and his music was saturated with mysticism. In referring to his “God among us,” he imagines Mary as proclaiming: “He who created me rested in my womb.” If you have a chance listen to the piece. It’s quite a wild ride.