Introducing Julian
Elizabeth Ruth Obbard
This is a small, gentle primer to Julian and her text, presenting a simplified but not simplistic portrait of "a woman who knew what it meant to wrestle with life's problems and questions," who "did not live in an easy period of history yet never lapsed into despair, denigration of others or a fatalistic attitude...a woman of joy, inner peace, gratitude...with the courage to explore reality."
A brief introduction to Julian, her writing and its context, her anchoritic vocation, and her world are followed by twenty themed excerpts from A Revelation of Love in the translation by Josef Pichler. Each chapter is accompanied by one of Obbard's graceful illustrations.
A short bibliography offers helpful resources for further reading.
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