Mary as Ecclesial Person: The Key to Modernity's Quest for Personhood
type: CreativeWork
description: In this thesis I propose to look at how Mary is the model of the human person defined as being-in-relation, made for communion. Modernity prioritises the values of freedom, independence and rationality, yet what it describes is less personhood than dualistic individuality. It has recognised relationality yet either doubts the essence of the other as “real” or has prioritised collectivity to such a degree that persons as unique entities have become lost. Modernity rejects Christianity as oppressive of freedom and human fulfilment, yet the values modernity seeks already exist in Christianity in the form of an authentic freedom found in relation to God and others.
abstract: In this thesis I propose to look at how Mary is the model of the human person defined as being-in-relation, made for communion. Modernity prioritises the values of freedom, independence and rationality, yet what it describes is less personhood than dualistic individuality. It has recognised relationality yet either doubts the essence of the other as “real” or has prioritised collectivity to such a degree that persons as unique entities have become lost. Modernity rejects Christianity as oppressive of freedom and human fulfilment, yet the values modernity seeks already exist in Christianity in the form of an authentic freedom found in relation to God and others.
author: McCaughey, Mary
language: en
keywords: Theology
date published: 2005
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:02:46Z
provider: National University of Ireland - Maynooth
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Pontifical University, St Patrick's College, Maynooth