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001 7363138
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020 $a9780814795910 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn318191491
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050 00 $aBT645$b.M58 2009
082 00 $a242/.74$222
100 1 $aMitchell, Nathan.
245 14 $aThe mystery of the rosary :$bMarian devotion and the reinvention of Catholicism /$cNathan D. Mitchell.
260 $aNew York :$bNew York University Press,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 325 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tReframing reform -- $g2.$tReframing representation -- $g3.$tReframing ritual -- $g4.$tReframing religious identity -- $g5.$tReframing the rosary -- $g6.$tReading the beads.
520 1 $a"Why has this particular devotional object been so ubiquitous and resilient, especially in the face of Catholicism's reinvention in the Counter-Reformation Era? Nathan D. Mitchell argues in lyric prose that to understand the rosary's adaptability, it is essential to consider the changes Catholicism itself began to experience in the aftermath of the Reformation." "Unlike many other scholars of this period, Mitchell contends that after the Reformation Catholicism actually became more innovative and diversified rather than retrenched and monolithic. Unlike other types of Catholic practice such as the Catholic Mass, praying over rosary beads is a largely private affair not easily regulated by Church authorities. Praying the rosary was therefore used to open up a more democratic religiosity, offering lay Catholics a freer and more flexible kind of prayer. Making incisive use of art history, Mitchell shows that this innovation was especially evident in the sometimes "subversive" visual representations of sacred subjects, including of the Virgin Mary and the related devotion to the rosary. The rosary was thus involved not only in how Catholics gave flesh to their faith, but in new ways of constructing their personal and collective identity. Ultimately, Mitchell employs the history of the rosary as a lens through which to better understand early modern Catholic history."--BOOK JACKET.
600 00 $aMary,$cBlessed Virgin, Saint$xDevotion to.
650 0 $aRosary.
610 20 $aCatholic Church$xHistory$yModern period, 1500-
852 00 $buts$hBT645$i.M58 2009