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Podcast: Claire Gilbert: Following Julian of Norwich into the cell of the heart

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08 December 2023

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This week’s podcast brings a talk by Claire Gilbert given at the recent event “Fired in the heart: An online Advent retreat with Julian of Norwich”, hosted by the Church Times and Canterbury Press. Her talk includes a reading from her latest book, I Julian, a fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich, which is available to buy from the Church House Bookshop (Books, 6 April).

Dr Claire Gilbert is the founding director of the Westminster Abbey Institute. She is visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, and has been a member of numerous public and advisory bodies.


Click the play button above to listen to this podcast. You can also listen to the Church Times Podcast on the Church Times app for iPhone and iPad, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and most other podcast platforms. Music for the podcast is by Twisterium. 

 

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