Encountering Mary : from La Salette to Medjugorje / Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra, 1949- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--History--19th century.

Mary.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past two centuries hundreds of apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported, drawing crowds to the seers and the sites and constituting events of great religious significance for millions of people worldwide. Here Sandra Zimdars-Swartz provides a detective-like investigation of the experiences and interpretations of six major apparitions, including those at La Salette and Lourdes in France during the mid-nineteenth century; at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; and the more recent ones at San Damiano, Italy; Garabandal, Spain; and Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, where the apparitions continue. Adopting a phenomenological approach to these "encounters with Mary"--one that is neither apologetic nor antagonistic--the author explores the tension between the personal meaning of the events for their subjects and the public appropriation of this meaning by a larger religious community. Along the way she examines the backgrounds of the seers, their willingness or reluctance to talk about the apparitions and their messages, the amount of emotional support they received from family and community as news of the apparitions spread, the reports of miracles at apparition sites, the reactions of local authorities, and the steps taken by the Roman Catholic Church in officially recognizing or rejecting the apparitions as worthy of belief. The author concludes with a survey of religious worldviews based on Marian apparitions, focusing especially on the now-popular transcultural apocalyptic nature of these messages to the modern world.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTIO

PART ONE: APPARITIONS AS RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER ONE: Personal Experiences and Public Demands: La Salette, Lourdes, and Fatima

CHAPTER Two: Personal Crises of Health, Public Crises of Faith: San Damiano

CHAPTER THREE: Can the Testimonies of Thousands Be Wrong? San Sebastian de Garabandal

PART TWO: APPARITIONS AS RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER FOUR: From Personal to Public: La Salette

CHAPTER FIVE: A Secret in Three Parts: Fatima

CHAPTER SIX: The Drama of Secrets in Post-World War II Marian Apparitions

CHAPTER SEVEN: The Fundamentals of Modern Apparition Worldviews

APPENDIX: Suggestions for Further Reading and Study

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-332) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63043-7

0-691-60055-4

1-4008-6163-2

OCLC:

884012937