Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary

Front Cover
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Cynthia L. Rigby
Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 2002 - Religion - 158 pages

Despite her prominence in the Christian narrative, Mary has largely been neglected within the Protestant church. Recent interest in such issues as feminism, spirituality, parenting, and ecumenism, however, force a serious reexamination of Mary's place in Protestant faith. InBlessed One, widely respected Protestant scholars seek to answer three basic questions: who is Mary? how does Mary's story intersect with contemporary life? and what does Mary teach us about God? This thoughtful and highly accessible book will be of great interest to all engaged in the debates of the contemporary church, Protestants and Roman Catholics alike.

Contributors include Nancy Duff, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Joel Green, E. Elizabeth Johnson, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Nora Lozano-Diaz, Daniel Migliore, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Cynthia Rigby, and Katherine Sakenfeld.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
1
The Company
21
Family Values in the Gospel of Mark
32
Mary and the Crucifixion of Jesus
47
Christian Vocation
59
Contextual Constructions of a Divine Diva
71
A MexicanAmerican
85
Mary and Motherhood
97
Toward a Reformed Understanding of Mary
117
What Mary Has to Say about Gods Bare Goodness
131
Mary and the Artistry of God
145
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

apocalyptic Barth Bible biblical blessed Boaz brothers character child Christian church cross cultural symbol death disciples discipleship divine doctrine Eerdmans Pub Elizabeth essay experience faith feminist Fortress Press Gabriel genealogy God's Gospel Gospel of Luke Gospel of Mark grace Hispanic Holy honor human ideal identifies incarnation interpretation Israelite Jaroslav Pelikan Jesus Christ John Joseph Judah Karl Barth Lady of Guadalupe liberation live Lord Lukan Luke Luke's Luther Magnificat marianismo Mariology Mark Mark's Mary's motherhood Mary's pondering Maternal Thinking Matthew Mexican and Mexican-American Mexican-American Protestant women ministry mother of Jesus narrative oppressive participate Pelikan perfection perspective praise present prophetic Proud Mary Rahab readers reading reflection Reformed relationship religious response role Roman Catholic Ruddick Ruether Ruth salvation Sara Ruddick says scandal Scripture sexual Spirit story Tamar Testament theologians theology theotokos things tion tradition understanding virgin birth Virgin Mary vocation witness woman womanist words

References to this book

About the author (2002)

Beverly Roberts Gaventais Helen H. P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. She has published a number of books includingMary: Glimpses of the Mother of Jesus, one of the few books written about Mary by a Protestant woman. Cynthia L. Rigby is the W. C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Bibliographic information

TitleBlessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary
EditorsBeverly Roberts Gaventa, Cynthia L. Rigby
Editionillustrated
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press, 2002
ISBN0664224385, 9780664224387
Length158 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Religion / Christian Theology / Christology
Religion / Christianity / Protestant
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan