Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary"Devoting different sections of the book to each of the various roles Mary has assumed - Virgin, Queen, Bride, Mother, Intercessor - and drawing on official dogma, folk legend, art, history, literature and psychology, the author of Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances from the first century to the present day, and why, for all their beauty and power (and indeed because of them), the legends of Virgin Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority"--Google books description |
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Page 136
... human love for its powers to ennoble man and elevate his soul . Passion and reason were not bitter enemies , but could be reconciled in the camp of civilization , by directing desire and love at an object of sublime moral and physical ...
... human love for its powers to ennoble man and elevate his soul . Passion and reason were not bitter enemies , but could be reconciled in the camp of civilization , by directing desire and love at an object of sublime moral and physical ...
Page 171
... human crowd by denying her the fullness of the human condition . In his eyes , she surpasses all in fairness , wisdom , good- ness , gentleness , and light , but she still belongs to mankind , and the supernatural resplendence she has ...
... human crowd by denying her the fullness of the human condition . In his eyes , she surpasses all in fairness , wisdom , good- ness , gentleness , and light , but she still belongs to mankind , and the supernatural resplendence she has ...
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... human behaviour . The classical pantheon possessed such a wide variety of personalities , and the gods and goddesses were conceived in such anthropomorphic terms that they reflect almost every imaginable virtue or vice of human nature ...
... human behaviour . The classical pantheon possessed such a wide variety of personalities , and the gods and goddesses were conceived in such anthropomorphic terms that they reflect almost every imaginable virtue or vice of human nature ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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