RESEARCH AT TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY | |
FACULTY PROFILE SYSTEM | |
| Name: | Claire L. Sahlin, PhD |
| Title: | Director of Women's Studies |
| Department: | Women's Studies Program |
| Email address: | csahlin@mail.twu.edu |
| Web Page: | http://www.twu.edu/as/ws/vitas/CLS_vita-June 2005.doc |
| Description of research activities: Dr. Sahlin's research examines controversies about women prophesying in the later Middle Ages through an analysis of treatises and sermons about Birgitta of Sweden, a visionary writer who claimed the authority of divine inspiration. Her work interprets theological writings about Birgitta within the context of late-medieval preoccupation with spiritual discernment, i.e. the art of distinguishing authentic revelation from diabolical delusion. | |
| Keywords: Women & prophecy, women's spirituality in the later Middle Ages, Birgitta of Sweden | |
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