Victorians and the Virgin Mary: Religion and Gender In England 1830-1885 »

Carol Engelhardt Herringer is Associate Professor of History at Wright State University.

This book challenges common assumptions about the Virgin Mary, positing a highly controversial figure in place of the traditional model of docile femininity.

1 Religion, gender, and the Virgin Mary 1

2 The Catholic Virgin Mary 35

3 The Protestant Virgin Mary 77

4 Sex, sin, and salvation : the debate over the Immaculate Conception 116

5 The Virgin Mary and the formation of Victorian masculinities 144

Bibliography 182

Index 217