{"product_id":"mary-and-the-art-of-prayer-the-hours-of-the-virgin-in-medieval-christian-life-and-thought-9780231181693","title":"Mary and the Art of Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life and Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eWould you like to learn to pray like a medieval Christian? In \u003ci\u003eMary and the Art of Prayer, \u003c\/i\u003e Rachel Fulton Brown traces the history of the medieval practice of praising Mary through the complex of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin. More than just a work of comprehensive historical scholarship, the book asks readers to immerse themselves in the experience of believing in and praying to Mary. \u003ci\u003eMary and the Art of Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e crosses the boundaries that modern scholars typically place between observation and experience, between the world of provable facts and the world of imagination, suggesting what it would have been like for medieval Christians to encounter Mary in prayer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary and the Art of Prayer \u003c\/i\u003eopens with a history of the devotion of the Hours or \"Little Office\" of the Virgin. It then guides readers in the practice of saying this Office, including its invitatory (\u003ci\u003eAve Maria\u003c\/i\u003e), antiphons, psalms, lessons, and prayers. The book works on several levels at once. It provides a new methodology for thinking about devotion and prayer; a new appreciation of the scope of and audience for the Hours of the Virgin; a new understanding of how Mary functions theologically and devotionally; and a new reading of sources not previously taken into account. A courageous and moving work, it will transform our ideas of what scholarship is and what it can accomplish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11144630\"\u003eRachel Fulton Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231181693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231181698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL055020\"\u003eChristian Rituals \u0026amp; Practice | Worship \u0026amp; Liturgy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL104000\"\u003eChristian Theology | Mariology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037010\"\u003eEurope | Medieval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Fulton Brown is associate professor of history at the University of Chicago. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200 \u003c\/i\u003e(2002) and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Comic Mode: Medieval Communities and the Matter of Person \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), both from Columbia University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540392571117,"sku":"9780231181693","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2e693947-2c95-49b3-9be4-dcdb4b4d1130.jpg?v=1701486879","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mary-and-the-art-of-prayer-the-hours-of-the-virgin-in-medieval-christian-life-and-thought-9780231181693","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}