TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The Virgin Mary across cultures : devotion among Costa Rican Catholic and Finnish Orthodox women
A1  - Vuola, Elina, 1960- kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - London
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5446854
AB  - This book examines women’s relationship to the Virgin Mary in two different cultural and religious contexts, and compares how these relationships have been analyzed and explained on a theological and a sociological level. The figure of the Virgin Mary is a divisive one in our modern culture. To some, she appears to be a symbol of religious oppression, while to others, she is a constant comfort and even an inspiration towards empowerment. Drawing on the author’s own ethnographic research among Catholic Costa Rican women and Orthodox Finnish women, this study relates their experiences with Mary to the folklore and popular religion materials present in each culture. The book combines not only different social and religious frameworks but also takes a critical look at ways in which feminists have (mis)interpreted the meaning of Mary for women. It therefore combines theological and ethnographic methods in order to create a feminist Marian theology that is particularly attentive to women’s lived religious practices and theological thinking.
NO  - This title is published in Open Access with the support of the University of Helsinki.
NO  - Helda Open Books (rinnakkaisjulkaisut)
SN  - 978-1-315-10753-0 PDF
KW  - Maria, : (Jeesuksen äiti)
KW  - mariologia
KW  - naiset
KW  - katoliset
KW  - ortodoksit
KW  - katolisuus
KW  - ortodoksisuus
KW  - uskonelämä
KW  - kansanperinne
KW  - feministiteologia
KW  - Costa Rica
KW  - Suomi
ER  -