In this new essay published today at The Church Life Journal, I look at St. Hildegard of Bingen's views on the origins of sexual abuse and the universal #MeToo moment. She notices precisely the ways in which the abuse of power distorts our ability to know and understand reality, and thus distorts our relationships with each other and with God. Her solution lies in the redemption of human nature through Christ's humility.Friday, August 19, 2022
"Sexual Abuse and the Shadows of the Fall"
In this new essay published today at The Church Life Journal, I look at St. Hildegard of Bingen's views on the origins of sexual abuse and the universal #MeToo moment. She notices precisely the ways in which the abuse of power distorts our ability to know and understand reality, and thus distorts our relationships with each other and with God. Her solution lies in the redemption of human nature through Christ's humility.
Unfortunately, the illustrating image from a stained-glass window in Ste-Foy, Selestat, does not depict Hildegard von Bingen, but some other medieval Hildegard, see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_von_Egisheim
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