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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2016
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| Dans: |
Mission studies
Année: 2016, Volume: 33, Numéro: 1, Pages: 4-25 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Libanon
/ Maroniten
/ Église orthodoxe
/ Église protestante
/ Vénération de la Vierge Marie
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| RelBib Classification: | KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord KDD Église protestante KDF Église orthodoxe NBJ Mariologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Eastern Christianity
Lebanon
women
Marian images
female characteristics of God
Protestant church
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| Résumé: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contient: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341431 |