The Sun Herald | 12/03/2006 | Who is the real MARY?: "LOS ANGELES - Pious, courageous, gutsy, revered, human, someone going through something very difficult, beautiful, passive, much feistier than most people would recognize...
Scot McKnight, a religious studies professor, was teaching a number of years ago when he had an 'aha' moment.
McKnight had just read aloud the Magnificat (see F-9), the Virgin Mary's hymn of praise from the Gospel of Luke. 'What kind of woman would have said this?' McKnight asked his students at North Park University in Chicago.
As he listened to their answers, McKnight, an evangelical Christian, became convinced of two things: One, most Protestants know next to nothing about Mary; and two, the popular conception of Mary as 'hyper-pious, with her hands folded in prayer... like a nun,' has little to do with the 'courageous, gutsy' young woman - 'the real Mary' - of the Bible.
At that moment, McKnight vowed to 'reclaim' Mary, a New Testament figure revered by Roman Catholics but largely overlooked by Protestants. His new book, 'The Real Mary: Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus,' tries to do just that."
Sunday, December 03, 2006
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