Mary
In recent years Mary has stepped out of the closet of piety and devotion and become the subject of serious theological study and work. For too long Mary was an icon for the repression of women by a male dominated Church, but now Mary is seen as a vital theological symbol, a symbol of true femininity and true humanity which the Church and the modern world needs urgently. Jung has argued that the Definition of the Doctrine of the Assumption was the most important religious event since the Reforma…
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- Full title :Mary / Sarah Jane Boss ; illustrations by Neil Warmsley.
Summary
In recent years Mary has stepped out of the closet of piety and devotion and become the subject of serious theological study and work. For too long Mary was an icon for the repression of women by a male dominated Church, but now Mary is seen as a vital theological symbol, a symbol of true femininity and true humanity which the Church and the modern world needs urgently. Jung has argued that the Definition of the Doctrine of the Assumption was the most important religious event since the Reformation: the feminine principle has been absorbed into the Godhead. Yet amongst some modern Catholics, a.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Continuum
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 149 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781441188274, 1441188274, 9780826457882, 0826457886, 1282710567, 9781282710566, 9786612710568, 661271056X
- oclc:ocn650305510
- LC Classification:BT613
- Dewey Decimal:232.91
Table of Contents
List of illustrations; Preface; 1 The Lily Crucifix; 2 The Mother of God and the Cosmos; 3 The All-Holy One; 4 Heaven on Earth; 5 The Sacred Vessel; 6 The Darkness before the Dawn; 7 Godlike Virginity; 8 Wisdom and Sovereignty; 9 Immaculate Conception; Index.
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