Theological Writings

Prayers for Our Time, (In This Pandemic, Does Beauty Have a Plea?) Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/prayers_for_our_time/

 “Into the Wound,” Suggestions for the Design of a Hermitage at Saint Albert’s Priory.  Essay on eremitic architecture. Privately circulated, 2026. Contact Mary for a copy maryrakow1@gmail.com

 “Two Streams,” Thoughts on the Relationship between the Hierarchical and Charismatic Streams in the Catholic Church,  Privately circulated, 2026. Contact Mary for a copy maryrakow1@gmail.com

“Christ’s Descent into Hell: Calvin’s Interpretation,” (a psychological interpretation) Religion in Life 43 (1974).

Melinda Rankin and Magdalen Hayden, Evangelical and Catholic Forms of Nineteenth Century Christian Spirituality,  Rakow’s Doctoral dissertation, Boston College, 1982.