Discusses theories for the origins of the cult, examines them in relationship to the development of the Christian church, and suggests explanations for Marian apparitions
Where do we find the first flowerings of the cult of the Virgin Mary, which grew into such a great tree of many branches in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity throughout...
This book provides a wide-ranging exploration of the cult in England from c. 700 to the Conquest.
This work on the cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti,is one of the most extensive ethnographical,studies of religion to be carried out in the,Caribbean. A sociological analysis of the,extraordinary...
This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centered more on the cult of images of the Mother of God.
"Marina Warner begins with the gospels, noting the slight allusions to Mary, and the curious confusions between the two women of that name.
This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centred more on the cult of images of the Mother of God.
This book demonstrates that local context played a key role in shaping Marian piety, and explores the significance of this diversity of Marian practice for women's and men's experiences of religious change.
This work argues that this and other developments in the cult of the Virgin in western Christianity must be understood against the background of our changing relationship with "nature".
In this unique book, Marie-France Boyer has gathered images, attributes, and adornments of the Queen of Heaven, from Ireland to Russia to Portugal, from Mexico to Guatemala to Austria.
Under John Paul II, reverence for the Virgin Mary has intensified.