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Advancing Mariology

The Theotokos Lectures 2008-2017

Jame Schaefer editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Marquette University Press

Published:30th Jan '18

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Ten lectures in Mariology. Topics include: Catholic and Orthodox liturgical and theological traditions; the story and image of Mary at Guadalupe and meaning among Protestant Christians; early biography of Mary written in Old Georgian and attributed to Maximus the Confessor; the doctrine of Mary’s Immaculate Conception and its reception; the meaningfulness of Mary examined through four Marian lyrics; the title “Omnipotent by Grace” that was given to Mary; Mary as ""Wisdom"" and the ""Lady of the Temple"" who enabled the Israelites to experience God; Mary’s significance in the 21st century; the history of devotion to Mary in Latin America during the conquest period and challenges to Mariological thought that remain; the postconciliar decline in interest in Marion piety and Mariology as a field of theological study, and todays renewed interest.

ISBN: 9781626007161

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320 pages