Table of Contents

John McGuckin, 'The Early Cult of Mary and Inter-Religious Contexts in the 5th Century Church' Chris Maunder, 'Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary in the New Testament' Geri Parlby, 'The Origins of Marian Art in the Catacombs and the Problems of Identification' J.K. Elliott, 'Mary in the Apocryphal New Testament' Stephen Shoemaker, 'The Cult of the Virgin in the 4th Century: a Fresh Look at some Old and New Sources' Richard Price, 'The Theotokos and the Council of Ephesus' Antonia Atanassova, 'Did Cyril of Alexandria invent Mariology' Margaret Barker, 'The Life Bearing Spring' Alistair MacGregor, 'Candlemas: a Festival of Roman Origin' Eileen Rubery, 'Pope John VII's Devotion to Mary: Papal Images of Mary from the 5th to the Early 8th Century'

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This book offers new insight and understanding of the cult of Mary from its earliest incarnations in Christianity.

About the Author

Chris Maunder is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, York St. John University, York; and Chair of Trustees of the Centre for Marian Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter.

Reviews

"McGuckin argues deftly that, while Mary may have annexed certain attributes of Isis, she never lost her uniquely Christian office as intercessor...an excellent volume"   Reviewed by Mark Edwards in Church Times, May 2008