One of my main areas of research is that of Mariology, the theology of Mary the mother of Jesus. This is a bit of a rarity among Latter-day Saints, so the purpose of this post is to highlight some of the more “essential” books on this topic. I will present them in no particular order. Update: I have written (and published) my own book-length discussion of Mariology: Behold the Mother of My Lord: Towards a Mormon Mariology (2017).
Hilda Graef, Mary: A History of Doctrine and Devotion (2 vols.)
John Redford, Born of a Virgin: Proving the Miracle from the Gospels
Mariology (3 vols.) ed. Juniper Carol
Michael O'Carroll, Theotokos: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons, ed. Mark Miravalle
Mary: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate: Theological Foundations II: Papal, Pneumatological, Ecumenical, ed. Mark Miravalle
Mark Miravalle, An Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion
Idem, "With Jesus": The Story of Mary Co-Redemptrix
Idem, Mary: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate
Eric Svendsen, Who is my Mother? The Role and Status of the Mother of Jesus in the New Testament and Roman Catholicism
John McHugh, The Mother of Jesus in the New Testament
Martin Miguens, Mary: "The Servant of the Lord"
Idem, The Virgin Birth: An Evaluation of Scriptural Evidence
Kathryn Hughes, Alone of All Her Sex
Stephen J. Shoemaker, The Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
Idem. Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion
Matthew Levering, Mary's Bodily Assumption
Mary in the New Testament, eds. Raymond E. Brown, Karl P. Donfried, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, John Reumann
Rachel Fulton, From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200
Luigi Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought
Idem. Mary in the Middle Ages: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Thought of Medieval Latin Theologies
The Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary, ed. Chris Maunder
Bridget Heal, The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic Piety, 1500-1648
Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed: Biblical Mariology
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Mother of our Saviour and our interior life
Matthias Joseph Scheeben, Mariology (2 vols.)
Edward Sri, Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary's Queenship
Ibid., Rethinking Mary in the New Testament
Joseph Duhr, The Glorious Assumption of the Mother of God
Joseph Ratzinger, Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church's Marian Belief
Joseph Ratzinger and Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Mary: The Church at the Source
Chosen by God: Mary in Evangelical Perspective, ed. D.F. Wright
Edward Schillebeeckx, Mary: Mother of Redemption
Mary in the Churches, eds. Hans Küng and Jurgen Moltmann
Giovanni Miegge, The Virgin Mary: The Roman Catholic Marian doctrine
De Maria Numquan Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines on the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People, eds. Judith Marie Gentle and Robert L. Fastiggi
Michael P. Carroll, The Cult of the Virgin Mary: Psychological Origins
John de Satgé, Mary and the Christian Gospel
The Immaculate Conception: History and Significance, ed. Edward Dennis O'Connor
The Marian Writings of St. Robert Bellarmine. comp. Casimir Valla
Nicholas L. Gregoris, "The Daughter of Eve Unfallen": Mary in the Theology and Spirituality of John Henry Newman
Edward Jewitt Robinson, The Mother of Jesus Not the Papal Mary
Joseph Pohle, Mariology: A Dogmatic Treatise on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with an Appendix on the Worship of the Saints, Relics, and Images
Gary Michuta, Making Sense of Mary
Christiaan Kappes and William Albrecht, The Definitive Guide For Solving Biblical Questions About Mary: Mary among the Evangelists (Biblical Dogmatics Vol. 1)
Hilda Graef, Mary: A History of Doctrine and Devotion (2 vols.)
John Redford, Born of a Virgin: Proving the Miracle from the Gospels
Mariology (3 vols.) ed. Juniper Carol
Michael O'Carroll, Theotokos: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons, ed. Mark Miravalle
Mary: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate: Theological Foundations II: Papal, Pneumatological, Ecumenical, ed. Mark Miravalle
Mark Miravalle, An Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion
Idem, "With Jesus": The Story of Mary Co-Redemptrix
Idem, Mary: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate
Eric Svendsen, Who is my Mother? The Role and Status of the Mother of Jesus in the New Testament and Roman Catholicism
John McHugh, The Mother of Jesus in the New Testament
Martin Miguens, Mary: "The Servant of the Lord"
Idem, The Virgin Birth: An Evaluation of Scriptural Evidence
Kathryn Hughes, Alone of All Her Sex
Stephen J. Shoemaker, The Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption
Idem. Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion
Matthew Levering, Mary's Bodily Assumption
Mary in the New Testament, eds. Raymond E. Brown, Karl P. Donfried, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, John Reumann
Rachel Fulton, From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200
Luigi Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought
Idem. Mary in the Middle Ages: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Thought of Medieval Latin Theologies
The Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary, ed. Chris Maunder
Bridget Heal, The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic Piety, 1500-1648
Stefano Manelli, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed: Biblical Mariology
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, The Mother of our Saviour and our interior life
Matthias Joseph Scheeben, Mariology (2 vols.)
Edward Sri, Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary's Queenship
Ibid., Rethinking Mary in the New Testament
Joseph Duhr, The Glorious Assumption of the Mother of God
Joseph Ratzinger, Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church's Marian Belief
Joseph Ratzinger and Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Mary: The Church at the Source
Chosen by God: Mary in Evangelical Perspective, ed. D.F. Wright
Edward Schillebeeckx, Mary: Mother of Redemption
Mary in the Churches, eds. Hans Küng and Jurgen Moltmann
Giovanni Miegge, The Virgin Mary: The Roman Catholic Marian doctrine
De Maria Numquan Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines on the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People, eds. Judith Marie Gentle and Robert L. Fastiggi
Michael P. Carroll, The Cult of the Virgin Mary: Psychological Origins
John de Satgé, Mary and the Christian Gospel
The Immaculate Conception: History and Significance, ed. Edward Dennis O'Connor
The Marian Writings of St. Robert Bellarmine. comp. Casimir Valla
Nicholas L. Gregoris, "The Daughter of Eve Unfallen": Mary in the Theology and Spirituality of John Henry Newman
Max Thurian, Mary: Mother of all Christians
Edward Jewitt Robinson, The Mother of Jesus Not the Papal Mary
Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah
Joseph Pohle, Mariology: A Dogmatic Treatise on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with an Appendix on the Worship of the Saints, Relics, and Images
Gary Michuta, Making Sense of Mary
Christiaan Kappes and William Albrecht, The Definitive Guide For Solving Biblical Questions About Mary: Mary among the Evangelists (Biblical Dogmatics Vol. 1)
Walter J. Burghardt, The Testimony of the
Patristic Age Concerning Mary's Death
Stanley G. Mathews, ed., Queen of the Universe: An Anthology on the Assumption and Queenship of Mary
Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church (8 vols.) traces much of the evolution of Marian doctrine, especially issues relating to the immaculate conception.
