<span><span><span><span>Anchorhold<span> is a unique collection of letters concerning Julian of Norwichs <span>Revelations of Divine Love<span>, addressed to the writer herself. Through them, Kirsten Pinto Gfroerer explores the meaning of her own life and the transformation that studying and teaching this remarkable text can bring.<br/>Julian makes extreme claims about the love of God revealed in the crucified Christ. Her assertion that in love the human self can truly flourish and that in the end all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well is a hope-filled contradiction of much modern thought. Central to her theology are a series of meditations on the face and body of Christ, which both point to Gods love and reveal something of the nature of human vocation. Gfroerers search for meaning in Julians tex