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Contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures

Religion Compass, 2017
Abstract Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the “Marian Age,” apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity, globalization, and technology; and ...
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Marian Devotion and Wellness Spirituality: Bridging Cultures

Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture, 1990
Proper and respectful use of the Judaeo-Christian scriptures in any cultural context other than the Mediterranean culture in which these scriptures originated is a cross-cultural enterprise requiring proper cross-cultural translations and adaptations.
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Marian Devotion in the Contemporary Eastern Mediterranean

2019
This chapter explores the resurgence and growing interest in Mary and her veneration in the contemporary Eastern Mediterranean, a prominently Muslim dominated region. Mary as a figure of devotion is unique in this region for three reasons. First, Mary is an autochthonous figure in the region.
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Devotional Iconography in the N-Town Marian Plays

Comparative Drama, 1977
The Middle English N-Town cycle evinces an extraordinary consciousness of the motifs and interpretations that characterized late medieval devotion to the Virgin. Of the four Middle English Corpus Christi plays, only the N-Town cycle includes a group of plays, extending from The Conception of Mary to The Trial of Joseph and Mary, specifically concerned ...
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