The Virgin Mary : a very short introduction
Leith, Mary Joan Winn2021
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The Virgin Mary - a Jewish mother - is central to Christianity, a revered woman in Islam, and a person of persistent fascination for centuries. Marian worship and theology has inspired countless appearances in art, as well as religious philosophy and doctrine, while the concept of the Virgin herself has been involved in controversial discussions over the Virginal body, race, anti-Semitism, and globalism. This 'Very Short Introduction' describes the evolution of Marian thought from early Christianity to the present day. Mary Joan Winn Leith focuses on the centuries between the rise of Christianity and the Counter-Reformation, the eras when most of the doctrinal issues, popular traditions, and associated conventions of Marian iconography developed, and covers Catholic, Orthodox, and other Christian denominations, as well as the Islamic Mary.
Main title:
The Virgin Mary : a very short introduction / Mary Joan Winn Leith.
Author:
Leith, Mary Joan Winn, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780198794912 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
232.9109232.9109 LEI
Language:
English
BRN:
2533671
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