Oxford Handbook of Mary

With a release date timed to the exact beginning of the Dormition fast in the Byzantine East, this book, with a rich section on the East but much else besides, looks like it will provide a feast for mind and heart next month when it's released: The Oxford Handbook of Mary, ed. Chris Maunder (Oxford University Press, 2019), 736pp.

About this hefty collection the publisher tells us this:

The Oxford Handbook of Mary offers an interdisciplinary guide to Marian Studies, including chapters on textual, literary, and media analysis; theology; Church history; art history; studies on devotion in a variety of forms; cultural history; folk tradition; gender analysis; apparitions and apocalypticism. Featuring contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars, the Handbook looks at both Eastern and Western perspectives and attempts to correct imbalance in previous books on Mary towards the West. The volume also considers Mary in Islam and pilgrimages shared by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish adherents. 

While Mary can be a source of theological disagreement, this authoritative collection shows Mary's rich potential for inter-faith and inter-denominational dialogue and shared experience. It covers a diverse number of topics that show how Mary and Mariology are articulated within ecclesiastical contexts but also on their margins in popular devotion. Newly-commissioned essays describe some of the central ideas of Christian Marian thought, while also challenging popularly-held notions. This invaluable reference for students and scholars illustrates the current state of play in Marian Studies as it is done across the world.

We are also given the Table of Contents:

Introduction, Chris Maunder
Part 1: Foundations 
1. Mary and the Gospel Narratives, Chris Maunder
2. Mary in the Apocrypha, Tony Burke
3. Mary in Patristics, Andrew Louth
4. The Virgin as Theotokos at Ephesus (AD 431) and Earlier, Richard Price
5. Marian Typology and Symbolic Imagery in Patristic Christianity, Brian Reynolds
6. Mary in Islam, Zeki Saritoprak

Part 2: Mary in the Eastern Churches 
7. Mary in the Hymnody of the East, John McGuckin
8. The Virgin Mary Theotokos in Orthodox Piety, Christine Chaillot
9. Mary as Intercessor in Byzantine Theology, Bronwen Neil
10. Byzantine Festal Homilies on the Virgin Mary, Mary Cunningham
11. The Doctrine of the Theotokos in Gregory Palamas, Christiaan Kappes
12. The Russian Spiritual Verses on the Mother of God, Richard Price
13. The Mother of God in Finnish Orthodox Women's Lived Piety: Converted and Skolt Sami Voices, Elina Vuola
14. Marian Devotion in the Contemporary Eastern Mediterranean, Nurit Stadler
15. Mary in Modern Orthodox Theology, Andrew Louth

Part 3: Marian Themes in Western Christianity 
16. The Virgin Mary in the Hymns of the Catholic Church, Thomas Thompson
17. The Papacy and Maria Regina Imagery in Roman Churches between the Sixth and Twelfth Centuries, Eileen Rubery
18. Mary and Grace, Matthew Levering
19. Mary in the Work of Redemption, Robert Fastiggi
20. The Patristic and Medieval Roots of Mary s Humility, Brian Reynolds
21. Mary in Medieval Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin, Rachel Fulton Brown
22. The Idea of Mary as Sister in Carmelite Mariology, Kevin J. Alban
23. Mary in Medieval Hispanic Literatures, Lesley K. Twomey
24. The Annunciation from Luke to the Enlightenment: A Cultural History, Gary Waller

Part 4: Mary in the West from the Reformation 
25. Mary, Gender, and the English Reformation, Stephen Bates
26. Chasing the Lady: Revealing, Reforming, and Restoring the Virgin Mary in the Eucharist during the English Reformations and beyond, Paul Williams
27. Mary in Luther and the Lutheran Reformation, Beth Kreitzer
28. Mariology in the Counter Reformation, Robert Fastiggi
29. Mary and Inculturation in Mexico and India, Patrizia Granziera
30. Original Holiness: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Catholic Theology of Nineteenth-Century Europe, Sarah Jane Boss
31. Mary as Cultural Symbol in the Nineteenth Century, Carol Engelhardt Herringer
32. Mariology at and after the Second Vatican Council, Arthur B. Calkins
33. Mary and Modernity, Charlene Spretnak
34. Symbol, Vision, Mother: Mary in Film, Catherine O'Brien
Part 5: Marian Pilgrimage, Apparitions, and Miracles
35. Medieval Marian Pilgrimage in the Catholic West, James Bugslag
36. Marian Piety and Gender: Marian Devotion and the 'Feminization' of Religion, Tine van Osselaer
37. Mary and Migrant Communities: Pilgrimage and African Mary-craft in Europe, Catrien Notermans
38. Mary in a Mobile World: The Anthropology of a Moving Symbol, Simon Coleman
39. Mary and Multi-Faith Pilgrimages, Dionigi Albera
40. Mary and Modern Catholic Material Culture, Deirdre de la Cruz
41. Marian Apocalypticism, Daniel Wojcik
42. The Global Network of Deviant Revelatory Marian Movements, Peter Jan Margry