Marian images are powerful and active in the lives of many faithful Christians. This research looks at the role of Mary in the lives of a particular kind of Christians who have a complex liturgical make up: Lebanese women who come from Orthodox and Maronite backgrounds and who by marriage join Lebanese Protestant churches. While one would suppose that Protestantism and Marian devotion should exclude each other, we show that in this case a creative ambiguity is at work where images of Mary help qualify the relationship with the divine.

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哪个玛丽？东方基督教妇女将她们的玛丽带入黎巴嫩新教教堂

玛丽安的形象在许多忠实基督徒的生活中是强大而活跃的。这项研究着眼于玛丽在具有复杂礼仪构成的特定基督徒生活中的作用：来自东正教和马龙派背景并通过婚姻加入黎巴嫩新教教会的黎巴嫩妇女。虽然人们会认为新教和圣母崇拜应该相互排斥，但我们表明，在这种情况下，一种创造性的歧义正在起作用，其中玛丽的形象有助于限定与神圣的关系。