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Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary

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From: Interpretation
Date: 20040401
Author:Jorgensen, Janyce C

Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Cynthia L. Rigby Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 2002. 158 pp. $19.95. ISBN 0-664-22438-5.

THIS COLLECTION of essays about Mary, the mother of Jesus, derives from a Protestant perspective. In her foreword, Kathleen Norris encourages a "more elastic imagination" to the Protestant study of Mary. The eleven contributors provide such an elasticity through their treatment of issues traditionally associated with Mary and by their creative insights and contributions.

The book is divided into three parts: Part One, ...

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