Mary : the complete resource / edited by Sarah Jane Boss.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Virgin Mary in earliest Christianity -- The cult of the Virgin Mary during the Middle Ages -- Mariology -- Traditions of devotion -- Mary in art and literature.
Part 1. The Virgin Mary in Earliest Christianity -- 1. Mary in the New Testament and Apocrypha -- The Conception of the Virgin Mary from The Protevangelium of James -- The Annunciation from The Protevangelium of James -- 2. The Title Theotokos -- 3. Theotokos: The Title and its Significance in Doctrine and Devotion -- Cyril of Alexandria on the title Theotokos from the Third Letter to Nestorius -- 4. Mary in Patristic Theology -- 5. The Origins of Marian Art: The Evolution of Marian Imagery in the Western Church until AD 431 -- 6. Marian Liturgies and Devotion in Early Christianity -- Part 2. The Cult of the Virgin Mary during the Middle Ages -- 7. The Development of the Virgin's Cult in the High Middle Ages -- The Vision of the Monk Robert -- 8. Marian Devotion in the Latin West in the Later Middle Ages -- Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Collection of Johannes Herolt -- Part 3. Mariology -- 9. The Development of the Doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception --
Extract from a Medieval Sermon on the Conception of Blessed Mary -- 10. The English Reformers and the Blessed Virgin Mary -- 11. Francisco Suarez and Modern Mariology -- Extracts from Ineffabilis Deus -- Dogmatic Constitution on the Immaculate Conception -- Extracts from Munificentissimus Deus -- Apostolic Constitution on the Assumption -- 12. How to Think about Mary's Privileges: A Post-Conciliar Exposition -- The Fundamental Principle of Marian Theology -- Karl Rahner, translated and with an introduction by Philip Endean -- 13. Immaculate Mary: The Ecclesial Mariology of Hans Urs von Balthasar -- 14. The Virgin Mary in Anglican Tradition -- 15. Mary in Ecumenical Dialogue and Exchange -- Part 4. Traditions of Devotion -- 16. Mary in Early Modern Europe -- 17. Telling the Beads: The Practice and Symbolism of the Rosary -- 18. Mary : Images and Objects -- 19. Marian Consecration in the Contemporary Church -- 20. Apparitions of Mary -- 21. Black Madonnas --
Part 5. Mary in Art and Literature -- 22. Mary in Islam -- 23. Mary in Nineteenth-Century English and American Poetry -- 24. Mary in Modern European Literature -- 25. Mary in Film -- 26. The Iconographic Types of the Virgin in Western Art.