The development of the cult of Mary in North African Christianity (100 - 431 C.E.)

作为国际合作研究的一部分，致力于对公元100年至431年玛丽崇拜的发展进行冷静的审查，该项目涉及来自北非的文学证据，其中奥古斯丁的作品占主导地位。拉丁文文本将在语言学、神学和历史上进行研究，以重建玛丽在早期基督教中的地位，原始数据将在网上提供，结果将通过会议论文、专著和期刊文章传播。这项研究是此类研究的首例，将对妇女研究、晚期古代文化和圣徒传记的研究做出贡献。

As part of international collaborative research dedicated to dispassionate examination of the development of the cult of Mary from 100 to 431 CE, this project deals with literary evidence from North Africa, in which the works of Augustine dominate. The Latin texts will be examined philologically, theologically and historically in order to reconstruct Mary's place in early Christianity, the raw data made available online, and the results disseminated through conference papers, monographs and journal articles. This research, the first of its kind, will make a contribution to women's studies, and to the study of late antique culture and hagiography.