Which Mary? Eastern Christian Women Bringing their Mary into the Lebanese Protestant Church

Marian images are powerful and active in the lives of many faithful Christians. This research looks at the role of Mary in the lives of a particular kind of Christians who have a complex liturgical make up: Lebanese women who come from Orthodox and Maronite backgrounds and who by marriage join Leban...

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Published in:Mission studies
Authors: Nasrallah, Rima (Author) ; Brinkman, Martien E. (Author) ; Murre-van den Berg, Heleen (Author)
Contributors: Barnard, Marcel (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Mission studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-25
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lebanon / Maroniten / Orthodox Church / Protestant Church / Marian devotion
RelBib Classification:KBL Near East and North Africa
KDD Protestant Church
KDF Orthodox Church
NBJ Mariology
Further subjects:B Eastern Christianity Lebanon women Marian images female characteristics of God Protestant church
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Summary:Marian images are powerful and active in the lives of many faithful Christians. This research looks at the role of Mary in the lives of a particular kind of Christians who have a complex liturgical make up: Lebanese women who come from Orthodox and Maronite backgrounds and who by marriage join Lebanese Protestant churches. While one would suppose that Protestantism and Marian devotion should exclude each other, we show that in this case a creative ambiguity is at work where images of Mary help qualify the relationship with the divine.
ISSN:1573-3831
Contains:In: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341431