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Etty Hillesum

Prof Bernard McGinn

Leader

Prof Bernard McGinn

Bernard McGinn is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor emeritus at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where he taught for thirty-four years before retiring in 2003. He has written extensively on spirituality and mysticism, including his nine-volume, The Presence of God: A History of Western Mysticism (1991-2021).

Other Leaders

Liz Watson
Liz Watson

Liz Watson is a member of The World Community for Christian Meditation and lives by the sea in Cornwall,UK. She has served the meditation community in various capacities over the past 28 years, including a term as UK National Coordinator. She now focuses on teaching meditation in a wide range of settings – speaking and writing – leading retreats and offering spiritual direction. For WCCM she has recorded the CD ‘Images of Meditation’ with its accompanying booklet, contributed chapters to the book ‘Journey to the Heart’ and to the website ‘Contemplative Path through the Crisis’.

The Dutch Jew, Etty (Edith) Hillesum (1914-1942), is an unlikely mystic. After a rather aimless youth, the pressure of the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Holland during 1940-42 moved Etty to a life of love and service for all humans, both the persecuted and even the persecutors. Her realization of the universal love of God, as reflected in her Diaries, is a remarkable witness to new forms of mysticism in the modern world.

Date

Nov 26 2024

Time

CET
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Location

Online

Conducted via Zoom or live-stream.

The Dutch Jew, Etty (Edith) Hillesum (1914-1942), is an unlikely mystic. After a rather aimless youth, the pressure of the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Holland during 1940-42 moved Etty to a life of love and service for all humans, both the persecuted and even the persecutors. Her realization of the universal love of God, as reflected in her Diaries, is a remarkable witness to new forms of mysticism in the modern world.

 

 

19:30 Welcome and Meditation
19:55 Talk by Bernard McGinn
20:35 Response by Liz Watson
21:00 Dialogue between Bernard McGinn and Liz Watson
21:15 Comments from participants
Prof Bernard McGinn

Leader

Prof Bernard McGinn

Bernard McGinn is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor emeritus at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where he taught for thirty-four years before retiring in 2003. He has written extensively on spirituality and mysticism, including his nine-volume, The Presence of God: A History of Western Mysticism (1991-2021).

Other Leaders

Liz Watson
Liz Watson

Liz Watson is a member of The World Community for Christian Meditation and lives by the sea in Cornwall,UK. She has served the meditation community in various capacities over the past 28 years, including a term as UK National Coordinator. She now focuses on teaching meditation in a wide range of settings – speaking and writing – leading retreats and offering spiritual direction. For WCCM she has recorded the CD ‘Images of Meditation’ with its accompanying booklet, contributed chapters to the book ‘Journey to the Heart’ and to the website ‘Contemplative Path through the Crisis’.

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Prof Bernard McGinn

Leader

Prof Bernard McGinn

Bernard McGinn is the Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor emeritus at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where he taught for thirty-four years before retiring in 2003. He has written extensively on spirituality and mysticism, including his nine-volume, The Presence of God: A History of Western Mysticism (1991-2021).

Other Leaders

Liz Watson
Liz Watson

Liz Watson is a member of The World Community for Christian Meditation and lives by the sea in Cornwall,UK. She has served the meditation community in various capacities over the past 28 years, including a term as UK National Coordinator. She now focuses on teaching meditation in a wide range of settings – speaking and writing – leading retreats and offering spiritual direction. For WCCM she has recorded the CD ‘Images of Meditation’ with its accompanying booklet, contributed chapters to the book ‘Journey to the Heart’ and to the website ‘Contemplative Path through the Crisis’.

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