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The Chora of God: Approaching the Outskirts of Mariology in the Akathistos
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology.
2021 (English)In: Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies, ISSN 2574-495X, E-ISSN 2574-4968, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 127-149Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article explores the more-than-human characterization of the Theotokos in the famous Akathistos Hymn. The Mother of God emerged as an intercessional figure in the Christian imagination during late antiquity, but the formative period of mariology is still partly uncharted territory to modern scholarship. Reflecting on its rich landscape imagery and chora language, the article argues that the Akathistos minimizes the human traits of the Theotokos, rendering her more as a spatial phenomenon. In the hymn, we may glimpse traces of Marian ideas less developed during subsequent periods, ideas which gesture toward what we may call a "dark mariology." The Logos incarnates into more than human flesh, and the womb has a close affinity with the landscape. The Akathistos evokes the vision of a wider nonhuman participation in the incarnation rooted in the natural landscape of the Theotokos.

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2021. Vol. 4, no 2, p. 127-149
Keywords [en]
Akathistos Hymn, landscape, dark mariology, chora, khora, ecocriticism, deep incarnation
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Religious Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-473206DOI: 10.1353/joc.2021.0011OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-473206DiVA, id: diva2:1653682
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Beyond the Garden: An Ecocritical Approach to Early Byzantine Christianity, Swedish Research Council
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Swedish Research Council, 2018–01130Available from: 2022-04-22 Created: 2022-04-22 Last updated: 2022-07-20Bibliographically approved

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