19 September 2024, The Tablet

Truly our sister


Is Mary a ­passionate, wild, revolutionary prophet? Or a docile, meek and mild woman?

Truly our sister

The Holy House in the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham
photo: alamy, stuart aylmer

 

In recent years scholarly interest in Marian studies has boomed and the number of people making pilgrimages is surging. The writer of a forthcoming book about women in the Bible who recently made a pilgrimage to Walsingham considers what impact these developments are having on England’s leading Marian shrine

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