The Marian Paradox: Marian Practices as a Road to a New Mariology?

Feminist Theology 19 (2):168-181 (2011)
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Abstract

Disregarding trends of secularization, the Virgin Mary still plays an important role in religious devotions all over the world, even in the West. This does not diminish the controversies, debates and theo-political struggles that surround Mary and a Marian theology, as will be shown in this article. Western feminist theologies mostly choose, in general accordance with the Second Vatican Council, for a liberating, biblical, human Mary contra a more cosmological Mary, object of devotional piety. This contribution gives a critical sketch of the background of these developments in Mariology and argues for a closer look at Marian devotional practices in order to find some inspiring elements for rethinking divine presence, Mary and perhaps a new Mariology. Can feminists find inspiration in this approach without forfeiting critical power and without denying the paradoxical and dangerous dimensions of Mary?

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The Practice of Everyday Life.Michel de Certeau - 1988 - University of California Press.
Shared Symbols: Muslims, Marian Pilgrimages and Gender.Meike Kühl & Willy Jansen - 2008 - European Journal of Women's Studies 15 (3):295-311.

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