Eve's Pilgrimage: A Woman's Quest for the City of GodA&C Black, 2002 M04 1 - 256 pages In this original book, the author journies through Rome, following biblical events and themes in works of art: from Genesis in the Sistine Chapel, through Incarnation in the Pantheon and Resurrection in Michaelangelo's Last Judgement.She touches on many themes in her journey, including violence and power (at the Colloseum), social injustice (at St. Mary Major) and motherhood (at the icon of Our Lady in Perpetual Succour).Writing as an intelligent Christian feminist, Beattie doesn't resort to clichTs, and has a clear, elegant style which makes this a very readable book. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Sistine Chapel | 11 |
The Colosseum | 37 |
The Pantheon | 67 |
Santa Maria in Trastevere | 95 |
Santa Maria Maggiore and the Villa Borghese | 119 |
Mass at St Peters | 143 |
Domitilla Catacombs | 171 |
The Paul VI Concert Hall | 191 |
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