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Who was Mary? A radical rediscovery of the historical mother of JesusA radical reassessment of the role of Mary the mother of Jesus and other women in the early Church Despite the commonly held assumption that the Bible says little about the mother of Jesus, there are many indications that Mary preceded and inspired her son in fostering the emergence of a new faith community. In the Gospel of John, Mary instigates Jesus' first miracle, and in ...

Who was Mary? A radical rediscovery of the historical mother of JesusDespite the commonly held assumption that the Bible says little about the mother of Jesus, there are many indications that Mary preceded and inspired her son in fostering the emergence of a new faith community. In the Gospel of John, Mary instigates Jesus' first miracle, and in all four gospels she is present at the crucifixion, suggesting hers was a place of unparalleled imp...

This Handbook offers an interdisciplinary guide to Marian Studies, including chapters on textual, literary, and media analysis, theology, Church history, art history, studies on devotion in a variety of forms, cultural history, folk tradition, gender analysis, apparitions and apocalypticism.

Provides a detailed analysis of the apparitions of Mary in twentieth-century Catholic Europe~Relates apparitions to major twentieth-century movements and trends, such as communism, Nazism, liberalism, consumerism, and the growth of information technology~Situates outbreaks of apparitions in their socio-political context~Explains that apparitions are movements of renewal amid falling numbers of Catholic adherents, and continue to be signs of th...

This work explores the social histories of the twentieth-century Marian apparitions in Europe, looking at the ecclesiastical response, and examining the Mariology that is adopted by the devotees.

This book offers new insight and understanding of the cult of Mary from its earliest incarnations in Christianity. >