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- Title
Mary and Modesty.
- Authors
Morgan, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Focuses on the Virgin Mary as center of the ascetic movement. Suggestion that the Islamic East and the Christian West are in a bind, particularly when it comes to issues of morality and women's visibility; Mary as center of celibacy movements; Attempts of theologians to deal with the many meanings of Mary for church and society; Pervasive and complex nature of Mary symbolism, including the gyrations of theological thought that ensued as early and late church fathers attempted to deal with her suggestive power; Consideration of Mary in Western visual art.
- Subjects
MARY, Blessed Virgin, Saint; WOMEN &; religion; PHILOSOPHY of religion; CATHOLIC Church; ART; WOMEN in art
- Publication
Christianity & Literature, 2005, Vol 54, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0148-3331
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1177/014833310505400206