Publication

1986 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100691094209
  • ISBN-139780691094205
  • LibraryThing21133
  • Library of Congress Control Number85043273
  • OCLC Control Number13108590
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC232.91
  • LCCBT645 .C34 1986
  • LCCBT645.C34 1986

Description

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.

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Other Editions

  • The cult of the Virgin Mary: psychological originsPrinceton University Press1986-01-01

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