"The first book to analyze the life of the Virgin Mary on screen from the silent era through to the present. For decades, Mary has caught the imagination of filmmakers from a range of religious backgrounds, whether Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Marxist, or atheist, and film's in…
This study explores representations of the Madonna and Child in early modern culture. It considers the mother and son as a conceptual, religio-political unit and examines the ways in which that unit was embodied and performed. Of primary interest is the way mothers derived agenc…
Emperor Ferdinand II (1619-37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most important ruler in the consolidation of the Habsburg monarchy, and the emperor who reinvigorated the office after its de…
Mary in the Qurʼan: a literary reading
by ʻAbbūd, Ḥusn
fromRoutledge studies in the Qurʼān
"Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Qurʼan whether juristic, theological, or otherwise. The application of modern literary theories is ess…
Prologue -- Note on translations, editions, and abbreviations -- A new life begins -- In the midst of my days -- The seven storey mountain -- Queen of heaven -- Epilogue.