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Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz
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Princeton University Press
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July 2014
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Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz
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Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
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July 2014
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Encountering Mary
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In the past two centuries hundreds of apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported, drawing crowds to the seers and the sites and constituting events of great religious significance for millions of people worldwide. Here Sandra Zimdars-Swartz provides a detective-like investigation of the experiences and interpretations of six major apparitions, including those at La Salette and Lourdes in France during the mid-nineteenth century; at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; and the more recent ones at San Damiano, Italy; Garabandal, Spain; and Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, where the apparitions continue. Adopting a phenomenological approach to these "encounters with Mary"--one that is neither apologetic nor antagonistic--the author explores the tension between the personal meaning of the events for their subjects and the public appropriation of this meaning by a larger religious community.
Along the way she examines the backgrounds of the seers, their willingness or reluctance to talk about the apparitions and their messages, the amount of emotional support they received from family and community as news of the apparitions spread, the reports of miracles at apparition sites, the reactions of local authorities, and the steps taken by the Roman Catholic Church in officially recognizing or rejecting the apparitions as worthy of belief. The author concludes with a survey of religious worldviews based on Marian apparitions, focusing especially on the now-popular transcultural apocalyptic nature of these messages to the modern world. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author
Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
July 2014
Weight
504g
Page Count
360
Dimensions
158 x 234 x 20 mm
ISBN
9780691600550
ISBN-10
0691600554
Eden Code
4294784
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Author/Creator: Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz
ISBN: 9780691600550
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: July 2014
Weight: 504g
Dimensions: 158 x 234 x 20 mm
Eden Code: 4294784