INTRODUCTION |
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The Influence of Mary |
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in the Christian Tradition |
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The Presence of Mary in the Christian Tradition |
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Mary in the Imagination of Christians |
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Marian References in Scripture |
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Contemporary Ecumenical Interest |
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The Scope of This Book |
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CHAPTER ONE |
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Mary’s Participation in THE Kingdom of God 5 |
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The Presence of the Anti-Kingdom |
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Mary’s Participation in Bringing about the Kingdom of God |
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1. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians |
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“Bom of a Woman” |
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2. Luke’s Infancy Narrative |
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Mary’s Cooperation in the Incarnation |
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Mary’s Magnificat |
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Echoing Mary’s Magnificat Today |
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3. The Fourth Gospel |
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Link between the Cana Sign |
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and the other J ohannine Signs |
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Mary, Jesus’ Mother at Cana |
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Mary’s Presence and Witness to Jesus’ Hour 18 Mary, Our Model of Faith |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER TWO |
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The Marian Dogmas I |
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The Evolution of Dogma |
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I. Mary, Mother of God |
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Scriptural Roots of the Dogma |
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of Mary’s Motherhood |
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Mary, the Mother of God, in the Eastern Liturgy |
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Mary’s Motherhhood: Theological Implications |
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II. The Virginal Conception of Jesus |
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Annunciation Narratives |
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Matthew’s Infancy Narrative |
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The Virginity of Mary: Theological Reflections |
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The Cautious Conclusion of Scholars |
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Influences of Docetism |
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Influences of Gnosticism |
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Monastic and Ascetic Influences |
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Consequences of Such Interpretations |
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Cultural Views of Virginity |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER THREE |
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The Marian Dogmas II |
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I. The Immaculate Conception |
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The History of the Dogma of |
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the Immaculate Conception |
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Theological Arguments |
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The Definition of the Dogma of |
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the Immaculate Conception, 1854 |
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The Classical Doctrine of Original Sin |
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Contemporary Reflections on Original Sin |
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Interpreting the Doctrine of |
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the Immaculate Conception |
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The Immaculate Conception: |
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Its Significance as Archetype |
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II. Mary’s Assumption |
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The Proclamation of the Dogma |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER FOUR |
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Every Age Forms Its Own Image of Mary |
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Marian Devotion after Ephesus |
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The Desert Fathers and Mothers |
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The Patristic Period |
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The Early Middle Ages |
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The Middle Ages |
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The Thirteenth Century |
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The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries |
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The Sixteenth Century |
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The Seventeenth Century |
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The Eighteenth Century |
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From the Nineteenth Century to Vatican II |
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The Needs of Every Age |
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The Cult of Mary and Its Influence |
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on the Lives of Women |
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Conclusion |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER FIVE |
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Mary in THE Theology of Vatican II |
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Pre-Vatican II Mariology |
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Conciliar Theology |
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The Conciliar Debate |
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Christ’s Mediatorship |
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In the Aftermath of the Council |
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Postconciliar Developments |
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1. Marialis Cultus |
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2. Redemptoris Mater |
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3. Behold Your Mother |
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Conclusion |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER SIX |
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The Tradition of Marian Symbols |
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Marian Symbols |
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The Power of Symbol and Metaphor |
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Christian Symbols and |
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the Culture that Gave Them Birth |
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The Eve-Mary Parallelism |
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A Critique of the Eve-Mary Parallelism |
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The Suppression of the Feminine in Christianity |
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Correcting the Distortions in the Tradition |
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Traditional Images of Mary |
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Legitimate Women’s Oppression |
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Searching for an Alternative Tradition |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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CHAPTER SEVEN |
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Toward AN Alternative Marian Theology |
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Mary Has Borne the Image of the Divine |
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Exaggerations in Medieval Theology |
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An Underdeveloped Pneumatology |
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Speaking of God in Finite Images |
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Imaging God in Male and Female Metaphors |
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Theology’s Ideological Bias |
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Mary, A Finite Human Being with |
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a Unique Role in History |
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Political and Liberation Theologies |
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Feminist Theology |
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Retrieving the Figure of Mary |
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Mary, Our Model Disciple |
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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APPENDIX |
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Mary in Popular Belief |
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Popular Religion |
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Pilgrimage in the Christian Tradition |
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Marian Apparitions and Church Teaching |
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Expressing the Experience of the Holy |
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Certain Constants in the Marian Apparitions |
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The Symbol of Guadalupe |
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Marian Pilgrimages in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries |
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The Apparitions at Lourdes |
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The Apparitions at La Salette |
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The Apparitions at Fatima |
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The Apparitions at Medjugoije |
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The Church Calls for Discernment and Prudence |
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The Recent Upsurge in Marian Manifestations |
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The Popular Apocalyptic Ideology of Apparitions |
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Channeling Popular Piety |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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Notes |
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Selected Bibliography |
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Index |
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