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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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A Venture into Dark Mariology
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Akathistos is a mysterious piece of poetry and probably the most important Marian song of the Byzantine realm. Apart from the fact that nobody knows who wrote it and when, it has a peculiar constitution: As opposed to much kontakion hymnography, it lacks a narrative development; instead it depends on flourishing imagery which slings itself out in intertwining scrolls. Thus it appears as a spatially oriented composition. At the same time, the Akathistos – despite later iconographic domestication of its otherwise wild and sprawling metaphorical growth – confronts us with perplexing images and unimaginable spaces. Having discussed such tensions, I will venture into what I call the “dark mariology” of the hymn and explore how the salutations’ obscure imagery associates the Theotokos with landscapes and fields – where the Logos incarnates into more-than-human flesh – and downplays her human forms in ways that yield an earthier and more dispersed Marian imagination.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Er naturen religiøs?
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- I tidlig kristen litteratur kan vi lese om trær som bøyer seg i ærbødighet for det hellige. Er trær noe mer enn bare ved? Hva har vi mistet på veien dit vi er i dag? Hvis alt skapt har en verdi i seg selv, kan vi da forholde oss til andre arter slik vi har gjort de siste århundrene? Må vi begynne å se på stammer, sopp og spirer med et nytt blikk? Og er dette blikket noe vi kan ha til felles, på tvers av ulike religioner?
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Finding Myself in Harlot Stories
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Byzantine sung poetry had a thing for the “sinful woman” (Luke 7), whom it took to be a prostitute, a woman devoted to sex. Romanos the Melodist, a migrant of Syrian origin, and Kassia, one of history’s first female composers, created version where traditional gender roles remain intact— subversively. These songs contain explicit lyrics. Tripping on the biblical text, they slip into corporeal encounters where characters recognize themselves in biblical harlots, poets see themselves in textual harlotry, and the reader finds her- or himself written into the transgressive narratives. Who am I? I am her.
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