The History and Theology of Marian Doctrine and Devotion (CT2230C)

Content

This unit will provide a systematic investigation of the scriptural and patristic origins of Marian doctrine and devotion in the Christian tradition. It will also trace the further development of this doctrine and devotion in the course of the Church’s history, in all the various ways which it manifests itself: art, literature, popular piety and doctrinal and liturgical expression. Special attention will be given to contemporary Church teaching and current issues in theology. A particular focus of the unit will be a careful examination of the meaning of the major Marian doctrines as they are presented in Catholic theology.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

CT1100C, CT1110C, BA1001C and BN1001C or equivalent

Pedagogy

lectures, seminars/tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Bastero, Juan Luis. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer: A Mariology Textbook. Translated by Michael Adams and Philip Griffin. Dublin: Fourt Courts Press, 2006.
• Buby, B. Mary of Galilee. 3 vols. New York: Alba House, 1994–1996.
• Gambero, Luigi. Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought. Translated by Thomas Buffer. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999.
• ———. Mary in the Middle Ages: The Blessed Virgin Mary In The Thought Of Medieval Latin Theologians. Translated by Thomas Buffer. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005.
• Hauke, Manfred. Introduction to Mariology. Translated by Richard Chonak. Washington D.C.:The Catholic University of America Press, 2021. https://divinity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1204267821
• Laurentin, René. A Short Treatise on the Virgin Mary. Translated by Charles Neumann. Washington, NJ: AMI Press, 1991.
• Levering, Matthew. Mary's Bodily Assumption. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. https://divinity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1097139753
• Macquarrie, John. Mary for all Christians. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1991.
• Nichols, Aidan. There is No Rose: The Mariology of the Catholic Church. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015. https://divinity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/47271046
• Wagner, Kevin, M. Isabell Naumann, Peter John McGregor, and Paul Morrissey, eds. Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2017.

Assessment