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The cult of the virgin mary : psychological origins / Michael P. Carroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carroll, Michael P., 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to.
- Mary.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll answers intriguing questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries? Why is Mary both "Virgin" and "Mother" simultaneously? Why has the Marian cult always been stronger in certain geographical areas than in others? The first half of the book presents a psychoanalytic explanation for the most salient facts about the Marian cult and the second addresses the question of Marian apparitions.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Part I. Origins Of The Mary Cult
- Part II. Marian Apparitions
- Appendix. The Sample of Fifty Apparitions Used in Chapter Six
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [227]-248.
- ISBN:
- 9780691028675
- 0691028672
- OCLC:
- 1290479026
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