Alone of All Her Sex: Cult of the Virgin Mary
by:
Marina Warner (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099284499 (0099284499)
Publish date: June 27th 2000
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Non Fiction,
History,
Art,
Feminism,
Religion,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Womens Studies,
Catholic,
Mythology
Marina Warner closely examines the history and influence of the idea of the Virgin Mary. This is not a biography. Instead, Warner looks at how society has viewed and even used the Virgin. Warner starts with the gospels and works her way up the early twentith century.What I found most intersting w...
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