Blind devotion: sight-loss and religion in early modern Britain
The following is a slightly amended version of a paper I delivered to the Experiences of Dis/Ability conference last August
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Publications
Over the last few years I have neglected the website to focus on a number of projects about mysticism and
Continue readingDemystifying mysticism – Scottish style
In 1934, the Regius Professor of Divinity at Aberdeen, G.D. Henderson, published an account of the piety of northern Scotland
Continue reading‘The last revelation that shall be putt in print’: mystics and prophets in Scotland
What does this crystal-ball have in common with this collection of books?… … both have been described as ‘mystic’. Spiritual writing,
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