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Mary, Mother of Martyrs

Mary, Mother of Martyrs

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Religion General General ChristianityWomen's Studies

Publisher Price: $24.00

ISBN10: 172528846X
ISBN13: 9781725288461
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publ
Published: Oct 21 2020
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Virgin Mary has been idealized as a self-sacrificing mother throughout Christian history, but she is not the only ancient maternal figure whose story is connected to violent loss. This book examines several ancient representations of mothers and children in contexts of sociopolitical violence, demonstrating that notions of early Christian motherhood, as today, are contextual and produced for various political, social, and ethical reasons. In each chapter, the ancient maternal figure is juxtaposed with an example of contemporary maternal activism to show that maternal self-sacrifice can be understood as strategic, varied, politically charged, and rhetorically flexible.

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