1st Edition
The Virgin Mary across Cultures Devotion among Costa Rican Catholic and Finnish Orthodox Women
Introduction: The Many Dimensions of Mary 1 Blessed among Women: Various Teachings on Mary 2 The Virgin Mary: A Feminist’s Nightmare? 3 Costa Rican Catholic Women and La Negrita 4 Jumalanäiti, the Mother of God, in Contemporary Finland 5 The First of Mothers, the Eldest of Wives: Mary in Finnish-Karelian Folklore; Epilogue: Our Lady of the Bridges?
Biography
Elina Vuola is Professor of Global Christianity and Dialogue of Religions at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland. She has been a visiting scholar at the Chicago Theological Seminary, the Harvard Divinity School, and Northwestern University in the USA as well as the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones in Costa Rica. Professor Vuola has published widely in this field in Finnish, Spanish, and English, contributing to publications such as Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion: European Perspectives, The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology, and The Oxford Handbook of the Virgin Mary.
