Jul 16
New Book
Posted by Alexis on Thursday Jul 16, 2009 Under Creating OC/IC Resources, Grace Catholic London, Grace Catholic Publishing, OC/IC Theology - Ways of Doing Theology, Recommendations, Theology of Mary
After many months of indecision I have finally published my MA thesis on the emergence of the Virgin Mary as a figure of female asceticism in the third and fourth centuries. You can pick up a copy by clicking here.
Primarily through the writings of Origen and Athanasius I trace the development of the image of Mary from a young virgin to the paragon of female asceticism.
If you are interested in early developments in the image of Mary, or early ideas behind asceticism (and early monasticicsm) you might be interested in this essay.
