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"Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful, influential and complex of all religious figures. The inspiration of faith, a model for women, the subject of innumerable paintings, sculptures, pieces of music and churches, Mary is so entangled in our world that it is impossible to conceive of the history of Western culture and religion without her." "Miri Rubin's Mother of God is a major work of cultural imagination. Mary's role in the Gospels itself is a relatively minor one, and yet in the centuries during which Christianity established itself she emerged as a powerful, strange and ungovernable force, endlessly remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees, ultimately becoming 'a sort of God', in ways that have made some Christians uneasy" "Whether talking about the vast public festivals celebrating Mary that sweep up entire communities or the intense private agony of individual devotion, Rubin's book is a triumph of sympathy and intelligence. Throughout Christianity's journey from mysterious origins to global religion, Mary has been a profound presence in countless lives - Mother of God is the story of that presence and a book that raises profound questions about the human experience."--BOOK JACKET.

Mary [s.] --- Christian saints --- Saints chrétiens --- Biography --- Biographies --- Mary, --- Saints chrétiens --- E-books --- History of doctrines. --- Devotion to --- History. --- Art

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European Religious Cultures is a set of stimulating essays first written as offerings for Christopher Brooke on his eightieth birthday. They are now gathered for the enjoyment of all those interested in the history of religious cultures. They address a variety of practices in religious life -- among them pilgrimage and the urban cult of saints, the monastic performance of liturgy, the choice to enter the priesthood -- and situate them within the life-cycles and social relations of medieval Europeans. The authors have been inspired by Christopher Brooke's own interests over a long and fruitful career. First published in 2008, European Religious Cultures is now reissued as an Open Access edition with a new introduction by Professor Miri Rubin.

Religion. --- Brooke, Christopher, --- Europe --- Religious life and customs. --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology

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Telle une idole, étrange et hiératique, une Vierge noire trône au chœur d’une chapelle encombrée d’ex votos, accumulés autour d’elle au cours des siècles. À Meymac en Limousin, à Orcival en Auvergne, à Rocamadour en Quercy ou encore à Manosque en Provence, elle semble nous inviter à un mystérieux voyage dans le temps et l’imaginaire. Parmi les innombrables figurations de Marie, la Vierge noire tranche par son abstraction et sa pureté d’idole ; elle appartient à un temps où le dialogue avec l’autre monde, celui de l’au-delà, était encore possible et même quotidien. L’image dont il est question est bien sûr celle de la statue de bois trônant en Majesté, portant l’Enfant sur ses genoux, qui trouve une de ses expressions les plus emblématiques dans la statue de la Vierge noire de Rocamadour.

Black virgins --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Vierges noires --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Mary, --- Art --- Devotion to --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens --- Congrès --- Black Madonnas --- Congresses. --- Maria Deipara --- France (Midi de la) --- Pèlerinages --- Iconographie --- Religion --- History --- culte marial --- pèlerinage --- Vierge noire --- religion