Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church

Spretnak, C.

What ever happened to the Virgin Mary in the modern Catholic Church? For the past forty years her presence has been radically minimized. In a groundbreaking work, Charlene Spretnak cuts across the battle lines delineated by the left and the right within the Church to champion the recovery of the full spiritual presence of Mary. Spretnak, a liberal Catholic, asserts that a deep loss ensues for women in particular when Mary's female embodiment of grace and mystical presence is denied and replaced with a strictly text-bound version of her as a Nazarene housewife. Complete with a striking insert of contemporary Marian art, Missing Mary is a deeply insightful reflection on Mary in the modern age.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-02-12

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781403970404

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4039-7854-7

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 301