| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Rediscovering Mary -- Why search for Mary? -- Miriam of Nazarath, Mary of the New Testament -- Stories and struggles: Mary's transformation in the Greco-Roman church -- Triumph of the Church, emergence of the God-bearer (313-431 C.E.) -- Mary, her son, and their extended family: twelfth-century Europe -- Reform, Counter-Reform, and conquest: the Virgin divided -- The contrasting Marys of the nineteenth century -- The liberation of Mary -- Icon of human possibility -- Epilogue: The end of our journey. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-383) and index. |
| Subject |
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- History of doctrines.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Symbolism.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Theology.
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| ISBN |
0345382463 |
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