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May 01, 2024
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2010-2011 HillBook (Class of 2014) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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REL 303 - The Virgin Mary and Visions of the Feminine in ChristianityThree Credits
Alternate Years: Fall 2010, 2012
The development of the Church’s understanding of the Virgin Mary and of other feminine aspects of the transcendent in Christian spirituality. The course begins with Mary’s ideological antecedents and the issue of the “historical Mary.” It explores the relationship between images of the Virgin and theologies, controversies, and heresies, as well as contemporary feminist understandings of Mary and of the divine as feminine.
Prerequisite(s): GENR 100 or GENR 140 .
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