Open To Us The Doors of Mercy: revitalization of the value system and a Marian spiritual tradition Cover Image

Ѿтверзи нaмъ милосєрдіѧ двєри: revitalizácia hodnotového systému a mariánska duchovná tradícia
Open To Us The Doors of Mercy: revitalization of the value system and a Marian spiritual tradition

Author(s): Peter Žeňuch
Subject(s): Cultural history, Historical Linguistics, History of Religion
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Spiritual song; Marian religiosity; mercy; revitalization; axiological research;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the interpretation of the motif of mercy as an axiological constant in Marian spiritual songs. The author bases his interpretation of mercy on a knowledge of a relationship based on the interpretation of the concepts of truth, law and justice. He explains examples of this relationship in the context of folk Marian piety.

  • Issue Year: 56/2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 366-377
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak