The Making Of The Magdalen

Author : Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691089876
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Magdalen written by Katherine Ludwig Jansen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-22 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Memory of Her": From History to Legend --The Mendicant Magdalen --The Vita Apostolica --The Vita Activa --The Vita Contemplativa --The Wages of Sin --"Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity" --"There Was a Sinner in the City" --Do Penance --The Exemplar of Perfect Penance --Responses --Responses to the Scriptural Saint --Responses to the Legendary Saint --In the Shadow of the Virgin --The House of Anjou: A Royal Response --Epilogue: "In Memory of Her": From Legend to History.

Author : Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691089874
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Magdalen written by Katherine Ludwig Jansen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Best known during the Middle Ages as the prostitute who became a faithful follower of Christ, Mary Magdalen was the most beloved female saint after the Virgin Mary. Why the Magdalen became so popular, what meanings she conveyed, and how her story evolved over the centuries are the focus of this compelling exploration of late medieval religious culture." "Through the lens of medieval preaching, as well as the responses of those who heard the sermons preached, Katherine Jansen brings to light previously unpublished sermons to show how and why the mendicant friars transformed Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. Jansen also draws on a variety of historical sources - from saints' lives to patronage patterns - to examine the laity's reception of the saint. She reveals that the laity's devotion to Mary Magdalen departed in significant ways from the friars' image of the saint, signaling a major development in popular religious practice and personal piety." "The making of the Magdalen will appeal to readers of medieval history and religion, to those with an interest in the study of women, sexuality, and gender, and to those who are interested in saints throughout the ages."--Jacket.

Author : Joanne W. Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350435848
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moving with the Magdalen written by Joanne W. Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving with the Magdalen is the first art-historical book dedicated to the cult of Mary Magdalen in the late medieval Alps. Its seven case study chapters focus on the artworks commissioned for key churches that belonged to both parish and pilgrimage networks in order to explore the role of artistic workshops, commissioning patrons and diverse devotees in the development and transfer of the saint's iconography across the mountain range. Together they underscore how the Magdalen's cult and contingent imagery interacted with the environmental conditions and landscape of the Alps along late medieval routes.

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Magdalen written by Wilkie Collins and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Siobhan Houston
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458785343
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invoking Mary Magdalene written by Siobhan Houston and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent discoveries of sacred texts such as the Gospel of Mary of Magdala and the Gospel of Thomas tell us that Mary Magdalene was independent, insightful, and courageousa woman so inspirational that her voice can still be heard across the ages. In Invoking Mary Magdalene, religious scholar Siobhn Houston invites you to develop your own personal relationship with one of Jesus' closest disciples, as she instructs you in a daily devotional practice of prayers, meditations, and visualizations from around the world.

Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440650306
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mary, Called Magdalene written by Margaret George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Splendor Before the Dark reveals the untold story of Mary Magdalene—a disciple of Jesus Christ and the most mysterious woman in the Bible. Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute, a female divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those? Biblical references to her are tantalizingly brief, but we do know that she was the first person to whom the risen Christ appeared—and the one commissioned to tell others the good news, earning her the ancient honorific, “Apostle to the Apostles.” Today, Mary continues to spark controversy, curiosity, and veneration. In a vivid re-creation of Mary Magdalene's life story, Margaret George convincingly captures this renowned woman's voice as she moves from girlhood to womanhood, becomes part of the circle of disciples, and comes to grips with the divine. While grounded in biblical scholarship and secular research, Mary, Called Magdalene ultimately transcends both history and fiction to become a “diary of a soul.”

Author : Marianne Fredriksson
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612832660
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book According to Mary Magdalene written by Marianne Fredriksson and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ater the death of Christ, the apostles seek out Mary Magdalene. They have come for her memories of Jesus, as she was closest to and most loved by him. Thus begins her story: her childhood and the murder of her parents; her education and service at a brothel; her first love. Mary recounts her intimate experience with Jesus of Nazareth--of meeting this remarkable man, their all-too-human relationship, and his journey toward destiny. Later, when she realizes the apostles are intentionally altering Christ's teachings to suit their own goals, Mary struggles to spread theundistorted teachings herself, joining with her sisters who would otherwise have no place, and no voice, in the new church the apostles are creating. In sharing her own story, Mary weaves a richly textured tapestry of people, landscapes, cultures, and beliefs, and provides new insight into the role of women in the early Christian church. Marianne Fredrikkson masterfully breathes new life into the figure of Mary Magdalene in this triumphal novel of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, seen through the eyes of the woman who loved him most.

Author : Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834822603
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Mary Magdalene written by Cynthia Bourgeault and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what’s there. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition, informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative tradition. What emerges is a radical view of Mary Magdalene as Jesus’s most important disciple, the one he considered to understand his teaching best. That teaching was characterized by a nondualistic approach to the world and by a deep understanding of the value of the feminine. Cynthia shows how an understanding of Mary Magdalene can revitalize contemporary Christianity, how Christians and others can, through her, find their way to Jesus’s original teachings and apply them to their modern lives.

Author : Michèle Roberts
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780749391140
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wild Girl written by Michèle Roberts and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1991 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : V.S. Alexander
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496706137
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magdalen Girls written by V.S. Alexander and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dublin, 1962. Within the gated grounds of the convent of The Sisters of the Holy Redemption lies one of the city’s Magdalen Laundries. Once places of refuge, the laundries have evolved into grim workhouses. Some inmates are “fallen” women—unwed mothers, prostitutes, or petty criminals. Most are ordinary girls whose only sin lies in being too pretty, too independent, or tempting the wrong man. Among them is sixteen-year-old Teagan Tiernan, sent by her family when her beauty provokes a lustful revelation from a young priest. Teagan soon befriends Nora Craven, a new arrival who thought nothing could be worse than living in a squalid tenement flat. Stripped of their freedom and dignity, the girls are given new names and denied contact with the outside world. The Mother Superior, Sister Anne, who has secrets of her own, inflicts cruel, dehumanizing punishments—but always in the name of love. Finally, Nora and Teagan find an ally in the reclusive Lea, who helps them endure—and plot an escape. But as they will discover, the outside world has dangers too, especially for young women with soiled reputations. Told with candor, compassion, and vivid historical detail, The Magdalen Girls is a masterfully written novel of life within the era’s notorious institutions—and an inspiring story of friendship, hope, and unyielding courage.