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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent new condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Virgin Mary is a ubiquitous but enigmatic presence in Christian history and culture. The traditions about Mary form a vast and multi-layered aspect of Western history culture and spirituality. It is not just in the Catholic tradition that Mary is a particular focus of study and interest. Mary has also become a crucial interest for Christians outside this tradition (Protestant Anglican) as a path to ecumenical understanding. Indeed Mary’s unique position as the bearer of Christ makes Marian Studies a necessary feature of the study of Christianity. This book is entended as a reference for the student or scholar seeking knowledge of the history and contemporary practice of the cult of the Virgin Mary. It provides new essays that give overviews of particular areas of study-both historical and thematic together with texts from primary sources and important scholarly articles some of which appear in English for the first time. (MP)