<p><b>Rediscover the crucial roles held by women within the heart of Christianity.</b></p><p>Favourite disciple, influential woman, true believer and follower of Jesus: how do we see Mary Magdalene today? Witness to Jesus¿ crucifixion and his burial, the first to announce the resurrection, she is without a doubt the most recognizable of the gospels¿ female figures, a central character in Christianity¿s foundational story. But centuries of alteration and resizing, of merging several female figures into one, have erased Mary Madgalene¿s apostolic role and left us with a misrepresentation. They delivered the figure of a quintessential repentant sinner, one in whom sensual beauty and mortification of the body are combined. </p><p>When we reflect on the "Magdalene case", delving into the folds of history and the arts, and removing misunderstandings and manipulations, we rediscover the crucial roles women have always held within the heart of Christianity, despite their stories often going un
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<P>This innovative and multidisciplinary collection visits representations and interpretations of Mary Magdalene in the medieval and early modern periods, questioning major scholarly assumptions behind the examination of female saints and their...
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<p>Mary Magdalene might be the most understood person in the story of Jesus. Yet, Mary was also the first person to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection. It was Mary who first took the good news of his world-changing resurrection to the apostles....
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Mary Magdalene is a larger figure than any text, larger than the Bible or the Church; she has taken on a life of her own. She has been portrayed as a penitent whore, a wealthy woman, Christ''s wife, an adulteress, a symbol of the frailty of...
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