Michael Hahn
@mshahn.bsky.social
(Mystical-)Theology, Medieval Studies & Franciscan Studies. Lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Sarum College. 🏓and🏸player. From Darlington. he/him 🏳️🌈.
One week until our next series of webinars begins. Hosted by @churchtimes.bsky.social and @sarumcollege.bsky.social, we look at five English mystics from the 14th-20th centuries, and each webinar is led by an expert on the figure/text. Tickets still on sale here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
One week until our next series of webinars begins. Hosted by @churchtimes.bsky.social and @sarumcollege.bsky.social, we look at five English mystics from the 14th-20th centuries, and each webinar is led by an expert on the figure/text. Tickets still on sale here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...
Why is the Song of Songs part of the Hebrew Bible? How has it impacted its readers throughout history? And how might it be read and used today?
Join us from 18th to 21st May at @sarumcollege.bsky.social to explore with a fantastic team of speakers.
Booking here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /1
Join us from 18th to 21st May at @sarumcollege.bsky.social to explore with a fantastic team of speakers.
Booking here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /1
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Why is the Song of Songs part of the Hebrew Bible? How has it impacted its readers throughout history? And how might it be read and used today?
Join us from 18th to 21st May at @sarumcollege.bsky.social to explore with a fantastic team of speakers.
Booking here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /1
Join us from 18th to 21st May at @sarumcollege.bsky.social to explore with a fantastic team of speakers.
Booking here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /1
How did Christian spirituality come to flourish in the Middle Ages, and how can we access the lives and experiences of people as they practised their faith in that period?
Join us at @sarumcollege.bsky.social from 20th-23rd April to explore these questions with a fantastic team of lecturers. /1
Join us at @sarumcollege.bsky.social from 20th-23rd April to explore these questions with a fantastic team of lecturers. /1
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
How did Christian spirituality come to flourish in the Middle Ages, and how can we access the lives and experiences of people as they practised their faith in that period?
Join us at @sarumcollege.bsky.social from 20th-23rd April to explore these questions with a fantastic team of lecturers. /1
Join us at @sarumcollege.bsky.social from 20th-23rd April to explore these questions with a fantastic team of lecturers. /1
Thanks, Scott. You might be interested in our webinar series on five English mystics next Spring. Julian was included in a similar series we did last Spring so we didn't include her in this one buy she'll be mentioned in a few.
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks, Scott. You might be interested in our webinar series on five English mystics next Spring. Julian was included in a similar series we did last Spring so we didn't include her in this one buy she'll be mentioned in a few.
Very pleased to have had published -- in time for Christmas! -- my article on "Mariology, Mysticism and the Manger: the Christmas Crib in Bonaventure’s Theology" in the journal Archivum Franciscanum Historicum. /1
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Very pleased to have had published -- in time for Christmas! -- my article on "Mariology, Mysticism and the Manger: the Christmas Crib in Bonaventure’s Theology" in the journal Archivum Franciscanum Historicum. /1
Delighted to announce our Spring 2026 webinar series, hosted jointly by @sarumcollege.bsky.social and the @churchtimes.bsky.social will focus on the English mystics. /1
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Delighted to announce our Spring 2026 webinar series, hosted jointly by @sarumcollege.bsky.social and the @churchtimes.bsky.social will focus on the English mystics. /1
Next Thursday at Sarum College, we are hosting a postgraduate seminar on the theme of "Spirituality and Human Flourishing." Alongside a keynote paper from James Woodward (@woodwardjames.bsky.social) we have three great student papers.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Next Thursday at Sarum College, we are hosting a postgraduate seminar on the theme of "Spirituality and Human Flourishing." Alongside a keynote paper from James Woodward (@woodwardjames.bsky.social) we have three great student papers.
The talk will be translated live into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, and Italian, and the posters and information in those languages (including the respective time zones) are copied below.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The talk will be translated live into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, and Italian, and the posters and information in those languages (including the respective time zones) are copied below.
Next Saturday at 12 noon UK time, I'll be giving the 2025 Franciscan Global Vision Summit lecture online on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of All Creation: Insights from Bonaventure and Angela of Foligno." Sign up here (forms.gle/9hGCN1puVUQW...) or via the QR code in the poster.
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Next Saturday at 12 noon UK time, I'll be giving the 2025 Franciscan Global Vision Summit lecture online on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of All Creation: Insights from Bonaventure and Angela of Foligno." Sign up here (forms.gle/9hGCN1puVUQW...) or via the QR code in the poster.
Had a lovely afternoon in Durham as this week's speaker at the Catholic Theology Research Seminar at the Department of Theology and Religion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Had a lovely afternoon in Durham as this week's speaker at the Catholic Theology Research Seminar at the Department of Theology and Religion.
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
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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
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
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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
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
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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
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 [email protected] by the end of October.
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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 [email protected] 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...
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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...
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
#spirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
#celtic #celticspirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
#biblicalstudies
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
#mystics #mysticism
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
... and then at scholastic theologians and women mystics, and their shared approaches to Christian spirituality and to the divine-human relationship /3
#mystics #mysticism
#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
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
#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
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
Happy Feast Day of St Clare of Assisi (d. 1253). Although often remembered by the title she gave herself "la pianticella" ("the little plant") of St Francis of Assisi, Clare is far more than just Francis's understudy. /1
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy Feast Day of St Clare of Assisi (d. 1253). Although often remembered by the title she gave herself "la pianticella" ("the little plant") of St Francis of Assisi, Clare is far more than just Francis's understudy. /1
Very pleased to have this week submitted the manuscript of "A Companion to Angela of Foligno" to Brill. I sincerely hope that the book will help to bring the scholarship on Angela in English up to date. The book contains 10 chapters, a preface and an afterword /1 (of 2)
July 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Very pleased to have this week submitted the manuscript of "A Companion to Angela of Foligno" to Brill. I sincerely hope that the book will help to bring the scholarship on Angela in English up to date. The book contains 10 chapters, a preface and an afterword /1 (of 2)