The cult of the Virgin Mary : psychological origins /

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Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll answers intriguing questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries? Why is Mary both "Virgin" and "Mother" simultaneously? Why ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carroll, Michael P., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1986.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Apparitions and miracles.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > Psychology.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Apparitions and miracles > Psychology.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Culte > Psychologie.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Apparitions et miracles > Psychologie.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Culte.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Apparitions et miracles.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Maria.
Marie, Sainte Vierge > Culte.
Marie, Sainte Vierge > Apparitions et miracles.
RELIGION / History
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Miracles.
Marienerscheinung
Marienverehrung
Religionspsychologie
Religionssoziologie
Polemik
Mariaverering.
Mariaverschijningen.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The origins of the Mary cult
  • 1. Some observations and patterns
  • 2. Previous explanations of the Mary cult
  • 3. Some psychoanalytic hypotheses
  • 4. Historical origins
  • 5. Mater Deum magna
  • Part II. Marian apparitions
  • 6. Marian apparitions
  • 7. The Virgin at Paris, LaSalette, and Lourdes
  • 8. The Virgin Mary at Fatima and perhaps Tepeyac
  • 9. Marian illusions
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. The sample of fifty apparitions used in Chapter Six.

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