tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post6609670830947796172..comments2024-01-20T12:06:29.979-06:00Comments on Fencing Bear at Prayer: Sister Mary, the Devil, and MeFencing Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825525662123382529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post-8964954666562330712013-10-06T14:54:19.332-05:002013-10-06T14:54:19.332-05:00I'm afraid I can't reassure you as to the ...I'm afraid I can't reassure you as to the reactions of your colleagues, but at least I can tell you you're not alone in feeling this way! I was deeply moved by this post because it sums up very well indeed my own apprehensions about my ongoing work, which is likely to provoke my colleagues in very much the same way as you fear yours will. So I want to emphasise this: your work has been very helpful to me in the past, and I think you're one of very few scholars actually saying something true and illuminating about medieval devotion. I am very much looking forward to reading your book, and if it should encounter some opposition among those predisposed to treat it with scorn, I still think it may have an enduring importance. Your voice is doubly valuable, both as a statement of something true frequently ignored in contemporary scholarship, and as an encouragement to those of us suffering from a similar predicament as you do, but perhaps lacking the courage and acumen to put our arguments out there in a comprehensive way. I wish you all the best for the final efforts in finishing the book, and I await its publication with child-at-Christmas-like anticipation. <br /><br />With all best wishes,<br />Sig SønnesynSig Sønnesynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837059461007753933noreply@blogger.com