Book Summary
Was Vatican II right to downgrade the Virgin Mary? This fall marks the fortieth anniversary of the final session of Vatican II (1962-65) at which the Roman Catholic Church brought itself "up to date"--and, asserts Spretnak, fired the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven, demoting her to being "just like us," merely the first Christian. Spretnak, a liberal Catholic who agrees with 95% of Vatican II's decisions, cuts across the battle lines of a polarized American Catholic Church, challenging Catholic progressives not to acquiesce to the Catholic Right's claiming of the Virgin Mary as emblematic of their political positions. This is a book about religion and modernity that has reframed the thinking about Mary in our times.
Book Details
| Book Name | Missing Mary: The Queen Of Heaven And Her Re-Emergence In The Modern Church |
| Author | Charlene Spretnak |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (Oct 2005) |
| ISBN | 9781403970404 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1110 |