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Rediscover the crucial roles held by women within the heart of
Christianity. 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.
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 untold. Adriana Valerio's engrossing retelling of Magdalene's
story, founded as it is in historical fact, is an unmissable
opportunity to reclaim such roles in a church that remains largely
patriarchal to the present day.
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