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Who was Mary? Who must she have been?
With these questions, this daring new biography leads us deep into the life of the most revered woman in the world -- into her world, her experience, her mind.
Lesley Hazleton re-discovers Mary not as a symbol, but as the wise, courageous, and powerful woman we always knew she had to be.
The past comes vividly alive as we see:- Mary as a midwife and healer, a wise woman who taught her son the art of healing
- that she was indeed a virgin, but in a sense we have long forgotten
- how Jesus could have had both a divine and a human father
- Mary's deep involvement in her people's struggle for freedom
- what she experienced at the foot of the cross
- her active role in the burial and resurrection of her son
- her subsequent life at the center of a community of women devoted to healing and social justice
A former psychologist and political reporter with deep roots in both Judaism and Catholicism, Hazleton has drawn on years of experience in the Middle East, as well as on intensive research in anthropology, history, and theology.
The real Mary who emerges from this book is neither demystified nor diminished. On the contrary, it is her very humanity that makes this such a powerful and universal life, one that will resonate with contemporary women worldwide, and that binds past to present, believer to agnostic, history to spirit. |
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