The Virgin Mary across Cultures
This book examines women’s relationship to the Virgin Mary in two different cultural and religious contexts, and compares how these relationships have been analyzed and explained on a theological and a sociological level. The figure of the Virgin Mary is a divisive one in our modern culture. To some...
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| description | This book examines women’s relationship to the Virgin Mary in two different cultural and religious contexts, and compares how these relationships have been analyzed and explained on a theological and a sociological level. The figure of the Virgin Mary is a divisive one in our modern culture. To some, she appears to be a symbol of religious oppression, while to others, she is a constant comfort and even an inspiration towards empowerment. Drawing on the author’s own ethnographic research among Catholic Costa Rican women and Orthodox Finnish women, this study relates their experiences with Mary to the folklore and popular religion materials present in each culture. The book combines not only different social and religious frameworks but also takes a critical look at ways in which feminists have (mis)interpreted the meaning of Mary for women. It therefore combines theological and ethnographic methods in order to create a feminist Marian theology that is particularly attentive to women’s lived religious practices and theological thinking. This study provides a unique ethnographically informed insight into women’s religious interactions with Mary. As such, it will be of great interest to those researching in religious studies and theology, gender studies, Latin American studies, anthropology of religion, and folklore studies. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1595192025-05-16T05:53:27Z The Virgin Mary across Cultures Vuola, Elina Young Man Finnish Orthodox Church Christ Child Finnish Russian Border Karelian Traditions Maria Lactans Latin American Women’s Movements Mary Symbol pre-Christian Goddesses Orthodox Women Vice Versa Marian Piety Mary’s Immaculate Conception Feminist Theological Critique Marian Devotion Christian Churches Mater Dolorosa Popol Vuh Marian Dogmas thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMB Christian Churches, denominations, groups::QRMB1 Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church This book examines women’s relationship to the Virgin Mary in two different cultural and religious contexts, and compares how these relationships have been analyzed and explained on a theological and a sociological level. The figure of the Virgin Mary is a divisive one in our modern culture. To some, she appears to be a symbol of religious oppression, while to others, she is a constant comfort and even an inspiration towards empowerment. Drawing on the author’s own ethnographic research among Catholic Costa Rican women and Orthodox Finnish women, this study relates their experiences with Mary to the folklore and popular religion materials present in each culture. The book combines not only different social and religious frameworks but also takes a critical look at ways in which feminists have (mis)interpreted the meaning of Mary for women. It therefore combines theological and ethnographic methods in order to create a feminist Marian theology that is particularly attentive to women’s lived religious practices and theological thinking. This study provides a unique ethnographically informed insight into women’s religious interactions with Mary. As such, it will be of great interest to those researching in religious studies and theology, gender studies, Latin American studies, anthropology of religion, and folklore studies. 2025-05-16T05:53:27Z 2025-05-16T05:53:27Z 2025-05-15T10:03:17Z 2019 book ONIX_20250515T115059_9781351607360_24 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101770 9781351607360 9780367786120 9781351607346 9781315107530 9781138092334 9781351607353 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159519 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101770/1/9781351607360.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315107530 10.4324/9781315107530 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 de5fbf73-4b88-41db-9c5c-388e5997608a 9781351607360 9780367786120 9781351607346 9781315107530 9781138092334 9781351607353 Routledge 204 Oxford [...] open access |
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