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The Latin adage about the Virgin Mary, de Maria numquam satis, tells us there is "never enough of Mary". Breaking new ground in the long tradition of Christian mariology, Imagining Mary is an interdisciplinary investigation from an atheist point of view - a first step toward a truly unbiased, psychoanalytic mariology.
List of contents
1. Introduction: From a Humble Mother of Nazareth to "Our Lady of Everywhere" 2. Mary and the Foolishness of Wisdom 3. Mary Dies and Goes to Heaven 4. Daughter Zion, Mother Church 5. Class Considerations 6. The Eucharist as Maternalized Son of Mary 7. Mary’s Dispute with Her Son’s Cross: A Poem by Philip the Chancellor 8. Back to Scripture: A Son’s Grievance Against Mary 9. Jesus at the Breast 10. Marian Laments and the Psychology of Compassion 11. Time Future, Time Past 12. Theologizing Mary at the Foot of the Cross 13. Mary of the Eucharist 14. Mary the Priest 15. Our Lady of the Good Death
About the author
Daniel Rancour-Laferriere was born and was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church in 1943, grew up a devout Catholic, and served as president of his Newman Club in college. Since receiving a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Brown University in 1972, Rancour-Laferriere has published numerous scholarly articles, as well as a dozen books, including The Slave Soul of Russia (1995), Tolstoy on the Couch (1998), Tolstoy’s Quest for God (2007), and The Sign of the Cross (2011). As Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Davis, Rancour-Laferriere continues his psychological research on Christian themes.
Summary
The Latin adage about the Virgin Mary, de Maria numquam satis, tells us there is “never enough of Mary.” Breaking new ground in the long tradition of Christian mariology, Imagining Mary is an interdisciplinary investigation from an atheist point of view—a first step toward a truly unbiased, psychoanalytic mariology.
