Overview
Mathewes-Green opens up “The Gospel of Mary” to see her early life, offering a window into her centrality to the Christian Faith in new and sometimes startling ways. Christians have alternatively raised the status of the mother of Jesus to that of her Son or ignored her entirely. Behind all of the images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. How did the first Christians view her? What were the commonly understood facts about the Blessed Mother’s early life, before the Annunciation? How did Mary, the mother of Jesus, become the Theotokos? This book gives some surprising insights.
Full Product Details
Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Imprint: Paraclete Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.177kg
ISBN: 9781612613437
ISBN 10: 1612613438
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 February 2013
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Reviews
"""Do you want to get to know Mary a bit better? Are you interested in entering a faithful Marian spirituality? Let Frederica Mathewes-Green facilitate a rich, traditional, authentic meeting of Mary. When it comes to spending time with the mother of our Lord, this book is second only to Scripture."" -- Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and Real Sex ""The Mary that Frederica Mathewes-Green gives us in these winsome texts-a palpably real woman, at once humble and exalted--transcends the differences that persist even today among the main streams of the Christian tradition, not least because this Mary points beyond herself to the ultimate source of our hope and our joy. -- John Wilson, editor, Books & Culture ""Frederica Mathewes-Green is a sparkling writer. In The Lost Gospel of Mary, not only is her material fascinating, but so is her perspective as a thoughtful and irenic Orthodox Christian. There is much here to warm the heart as it engages the mind from here to warm the heart as it engages the mind from early in our common Christian tradition."" - Brian McLaren, author of A Generous Orthodoxy and www.brianmclaren.net."
Author Information
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, the Los Angeles Times, First Things, and the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of eight books, including The Illumined Heart; The Open Door and the Khouria (spiritual mother) of Holy Cross Orthodox Church near Baltimore. Visit her at www.frederica.com.
