This book describes the evolution of Marian thought from early Christianity to the present day. Covering the various Christian denominations, as well as the Islamic Mary, it considers medieval and renaissance doctrine and representations of Mary, as well as her involvement in debates over the Virginal body, race, anti-Semitism, and globalism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Meeting Mary: The Surprising Virgin
- 2: Mary in the New Testament, History, and Earliest Christianity
- 3: Mary After the Gospels
- 4: Mary the Goddess?
- 5: Eastern Mary - Byzantium and Islam
- 6: Empress of Heaven and Hell: Mary in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- 7: Modern Mary - Reformation to the Present
- Glossary
- References
- Further Reading
- Index
