Mother of God : a history of the Virgin Mary /

Mother of God : a history of the Virgin Mary /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rubin, Miri, 1956-
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.
Description:	xxvi, 532 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- History of doctrines. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- History. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Art. Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint. Christian saints. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Theology, Doctrinal. Art. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7631553

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ISBN:	0300105002 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780300105001 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0300164327 9780300164329
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-509) and index.
Summary:	"Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful, influential and complex of all religious figures. The inspiration of faith, a model for women, the subject of innumerable paintings, sculptures, pieces of music and churches, Mary is so entangled in our world that it is impossible to conceive of the history of Western culture and religion without her." "Miri Rubin's Mother of God is a major work of cultural imagination. Mary's role in the Gospels itself is a relatively minor one, and yet in the centuries during which Christianity established itself she emerged as a powerful, strange and ungovernable force, endlessly remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees, ultimately becoming 'a sort of God', in ways that have made some Christians uneasy" "Whether talking about the vast public festivals celebrating Mary that sweep up entire communities or the intense private agony of individual devotion, Rubin's book is a triumph of sympathy and intelligence. Throughout Christianity's journey from mysterious origins to global religion, Mary has been a profound presence in countless lives - Mother of God is the story of that presence and a book that raises profound questions about the human experience."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Writing about Mary: An Introduction
Part I. From Temple Maiden to the Bearer of God: To the Year 431
1. The Earliest Glimpses of Mary
2. Mary in a Christian Empire
3. Versions of Mary
4. Mary of the Imperial State
Part II. From the Eastern Mediterranean to the Irish Sea: To the Year 1000
5. Mary of the Christian Empire
6. Beyond the Greek World
7. The Emergence of European Mary
Part III. The Emergence of Mary's Hegemony: 1000-1200
8. Mary of the Cloister
9. Mary of Polemic and Encounter
10. Abundance and Ubiquity
Part IV. Mary, Local and Familiar: 1200-1400
11. Mary in Liturgy, Song and Prayer
12. Mary, the Friars, and the Mother Tongue
13. Teaching Mary in Parish and Home
14. Mary's Miracles as Reward and as Punishment
15. Mary at the Foot of the Cross
16. Mary and Women, Mary and Men
Part V. Mary as Queen and Reformer: 1400-1500
17. Mary the Sublime
18. Mary: Unlike Any Other
19. Mary of Parish Practice and Family Life
20. Mary: A World of Devotional Possibilities
Part VI. Mary Reformed, Mary Global: 1500 and Beyond
21. Mary of Reform and Reformation
22. From Europe to the Rest of the World
23. Mary in a World of Neighbouring Diversity
After Mary: A Conclusion
A Few Comments on Scholarship and Reading
Notes
Index