Michael Hahn

This is such an exciting book! Looking forward to reading.

Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing: Spiritual Development in Context (2025) - Sarum College Exploration of spiritual development over a lifetime, the models of spiritual development and the theories that underpin them. Engages with scholarly debates on the relationship between spiritual deve...

Bedrooms are available for those who would like to stay in the Cathedral Close during the course.

More information and booking is available here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

as well as a range of professions (psychiatry, chaplaincy, psychotherapy) and spiritual practices (spiritual direction, mindfulness) to examine how health and wellbeing can be understood with regards to Christian spirituality. /3

We have a superb team of speakers. Joining me is Christopher Cook, Gemma Simmonds, Peter Tyler, and my colleagues, James Woodward, Jayme Reaves, and Pollyanna Magne.

We will examine a range of different concepts (human flourishing, ageing, death, the human body) /2

Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1

as well as a range of professions (psychiatry, chaplaincy, psychotherapy) and spiritual practices (spiritual direction, mindfulness) to examine how health and wellbeing can be understood with regards to Christian spirituality. /3

We have a superb team of speakers. Joining me is Christopher Cook, Gemma Simmonds, Peter Tyler, and my colleagues, James Woodward, Jayme Reaves, and Pollyanna Magne.

We will examine a range of different concepts (human flourishing, ageing, death, the human body) /2

Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1

Writing Julian of Norwich in the 21st Century - Sarum College This webinar will be divided into three parts. The first will be a lecture by Hannah Lucas introducing Julian, her theology of wellbeing, and how it relates to the present day. Hannah will present the...

These two experts will be in conversation about the ways in which we can access the life and spirituality of Julian of Norwich today and what benefit Julian's voice might have for the 21st century.
Booking and more info here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

On 4th November I'm hosting a webinar, 1-4 PM (UK time) on "Writing Julian of Norwich in the 21st Century." The webinar will feature Hannah Lucas (writer of Impossible Recovery: Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Wellbeing) and Claire Gilbert (author of I, Julian). /1

YouTube video by Sarum Learning Resources Michael Hahn (Sarum College) -- An Introduction to Franciscan Spirituality

Today we celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, 799 years after he died on the evening of 3rd October. He continues to have a pronounced influence on Christian life, thought and practice.

Here is my lecture on Franciscan spirituality and its value today

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAaT...

Celebrating St Francis of Assisi - Sarum College Dr Michael Hahn celebrates the influence of St Francis of Assisi 799 years on from his death.

And a short blog post from Sarum College on this Feast day:

www.sarum.ac.uk/celebrating-...

From my hometown of Darlington!

CFP for our postgrad seminar on "Spirituality and Human Flourishing" in November at Sarum College and online. It is a great space for students to present their first (or one of their first) academic papers. Proposals to mhahn@sarum.ac.uk by the end of October.

Honoured to be giving a talk for the Franciscan Vision Global Summit on Saturday 22nd November on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of Creation". The event is free and online but requires registering beforehand via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Modern Mystics Series 2025 - Sarum College A series on modern mysticism featuring three modern mystics, Edith Stein, Dag Hammarskjöld and Dorothee Sölle.

One week until the first of our "Modern Mystics" webinars. Three great speakers on three extraordinary writers the next three Mondays. Bookings still open here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Spiritual Exercises for the 21st Century Week by Week - Sarum College Experience Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises in a holistic, integrated way, guided by the theological and spiritual introduction.

To be human is to be spiritual! @sarumcollege.bsky.social offers an opportunity for a four-week online journey through #Ignation Spiritual Exercises accompanied by experienced spiritual guide and leading academic expert Dr Gillian Ahlgren. www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

The module is taught at MA level but is our introductory module, so is suitable both for those with and without previous theological training. Attendees can stay in Sarum College within the beautiful Cathedral Close. Booking and more infor here: sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /8 (end)
#spirituality

Gillian Ahlgren will bring our course to a close by looking at Julian of Norwich as an example of spirituality and the imitation of Christ at the end of the Middle Ages, before looking at spirituality in the Reformations, focusing particularly on Teresa of Avila. /7
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila

Tom O’Loughlin will run two sessions on Celtic spiritualities. The first looks at the concepts of sin and penitence in Celtic contexts. The second takes the Stowe Missal as an example of the influence of liturgical spirituality. /6
#celtic #celticspirituality

Julia Konstantiovsky will teach two sessions. The first looks at Evagrius Ponticus and pseudo-Dionysius and the early mystical traditions within a Patristic context. The second introduces Eastern Orthodox spirituality by focusing on Gregory Palamas. /5
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism

Jayme Reaves will introduce how the term “spirituality” was used in various Biblical contexts, and also how key biblical texts present important issues that become foundational for Christian spirituality such as the unknowability of God and images such as God as "mother hen". /4
#biblicalstudies

... and then at scholastic theologians and women mystics, and their shared approaches to Christian spirituality and to the divine-human relationship /3

#mystics #mysticism

I will give introductory sessions on what “Christian spirituality” is and how (and why) we study it historically. I then teach two sessions on medieval spirituality in the West, looking at Benedict’s rule and monastic spirituality, ... /2
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality

Want to know more about the history and development of Christian spirituality? From 13-16 October we have a brilliant 4-day course at Sarum College (@sarumcollege.bsky.social) in Salisbury with a stellar team of lecturers. The course is open to external attendees. More info and booking below. /1

It is a truly brilliant library and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

St Clare of Assisi: A mirror for our times She is often overshadowed by St Francis. But her originality should be recognised, writes Michael Hahn

For more on Clare, see my short article from February:
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

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Clare reminds us that we should look at the suffering God who hangs from the Cross not in a passive manner but that we should "gaze, consider, contemplate" and "desire to imitate." This is a very demanding form of spirituality which, if taken seriously, demands everything that we can give. /4

She is also a theologian (arguably with a much more developed and eloquent theology than Francis's) whose writings inspired and influenced major scholastic writers such as Bonaventure. /3

Clare is the first woman in Christianity history to write a rule approved by the papacy, used by the order named after her from the 15th century onwards and up to today. She fought hard against bishops and popes for this approval, using everything and everyone she could to make this happen. /2