What would be a theologically sound, spiritually empowering and ethically challenging theology of Mary ... has no simple answer, for the first-century Jewish woman Miriam of Nazareth, also ...

Attempting to extricate the historical, human personality of Mary of Nazareth from the iconic persona built around her from the early Church down to the 21st century is a daunting challenge.

What is the story of Christmas? Jesus was born to a woman called Mary who was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. Mary was visited by an angel who told her that ...