Preface. Devil: Zero  xi
Acknowledgments  xix
Introduction. Love in Everything  1
1. Time: On Poynte  19
2. Truth: Divine Delight  41
3. Blood: Spiritual Safety  61
4. Bodies: Nakedly and Truly  81
Postscript  109
Appendix. A Summary of Julian's Visions  113
References  115
Index  119

"Although Hall addresses serious topics, her treatment is boundless and joyful. Those familiar with Julian's writings should find this unique take to be contemporary and relevant." — James Wetherbee, Library Journal

"In Laughing at the Devil, Amy Laura Hall urges her own readers to read Julian [of Norwich] and to keep thinking along with her. This brief study is worthy of careful reading. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, general readers." — G.H. Shriver, Choice

"A book to read with the heart as well as the mind." — Willard E. Roth, Sharing the Practice

"Although Hall addresses serious topics, her treatment is boundless and joyful. Those familiar with Julian's writings should find this unique take to be contemporary and relevant." —James Wetherbee, Library Journal

"In Laughing at the Devil, Amy Laura Hall urges her own readers to read Julian [of Norwich] and to keep thinking along with her. This brief study is worthy of careful reading. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, general readers." —G.H. Shriver, Choice

"A book to read with the heart as well as the mind." —Willard E. Roth, Sharing the Practice

“Laughing at the Devil with these two exceedingly clear-eyed women—Julian of Norwich and Amy Laura Hall—is compelling, enlightening, and joyous, all in one. The two have created texts, each for their own time, that together bear witness, at points defiant, at points mischievous, to a profoundly God-sustained world. What a wonderful, grace-filled vision.” — Teresa Berger, author of, @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds

“You might not expect to find references to Game of Thrones, West Texas, barfing bears, divorce, and Machiavelli in a book on Julian of Norwich, but you will find all these and much more in this volume. Julian of Norwich is a most unusual theologian, and Amy Laura Hall has given us a most unusual book: it is engaging and illuminating, a personal, passionate, and political reflection on and with Julian.” — Karen Kilby, coeditor of, The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology

“Amy Laura Hall's masterful Laughing at the Devil is a rewarding joy to read, at once a profound dialogue with the great mystic Julian of Norwich, and a beautiful, raw, funny, audacious, and insightful invitation to the contemporary audience. We laugh with Hall and Julian, and we too yearn to pull closer to God not through fear and trembling, but through an aching heart bursting open with joy. This is the kind of raw, gritty, grounded, and real spiritual exploration that calls to all Christians, and to all people of faith. Strongly recommended!” — Omid Safi, author of, Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition

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