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Pontmain, prophecy, and protest : a cultural-historical study of a nineteenth-century apparition / Cheryl A. Porte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porte, Cheryl A.
- Series:
- American university studies. Theology and religion 0740-0446 ; Series VII, v. 234.
- American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion, 0740-0446 ; v. 234
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--France--Pontmain.
- Mary.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- Pontmain (France)--Religious life and customs.
- Pontmain (France).
- France--Pontmain.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 194 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2005]
- Contents:
- The apparitional drama
- The nature of an apparition
- Marian apparitions and the church
- Past and present studies
- Pontmain will rise again
- Geographical location
- Rural economy
- Catholic religion
- The identity of Pontmain
- For God and country
- Growth of nationalism
- War with Germany
- Mary versus Marianne
- Support of the monarchy
- Anticlericalism
- The icon of the apparition
- Religious realities
- Characteristics
- Studies of apparitions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820474444
- OCLC:
- 55764326
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