Voices of Love and Fire: Medieval Women Mystics and the Experience of God

St Albans Cathedral is running a five-week course called Voices of Love and Fire: Medieval Women Mystics and the Experience of God, which starts on Monday 2 November and runs through to 30 November. It's a deep dive into medieval mystical theology, taught through the writings of women mystics, and it's led by the Rev'd Matthew Phillips.

The course opens up the rich and often surprising world of medieval mystical theology by looking at the writings of women like Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Hildegard of Bingen and Catherine of Siena. It draws on their visions, their embodied spirituality and their call to renewal, so you'll be reading their actual words rather than just hearing about them. It's part of the Certificate in Theology / Certificate Plus (SACT/SACT+), but you can take it without writing an essay if you're just in it for the learning.

Your tutor is the Rev'd Matthew Phillips, who is Team Rector of the Papworth Team Ministry in the Diocese of Ely. He's also finishing doctoral research at King's College London on The Book of Margery Kempe, so he's coming to this with a real specialist's knowledge of one of the very writers the course covers.

It runs on Monday evenings from 2 to 30 November, with sessions from 7.30 to 9.15pm. The classes are online via Zoom and are recorded, so if you miss a night or want to go back over something, you can catch up later. All the details are over at St Albans Cathedral.