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Secrets of Mary Magdalene
The Unforgettable Story of History's Most Misunderstood Woman
by
Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction:
by Elaine Pagels
1. Mary Magdalene: Outcast No More
Our Fascination with Mary Magdalene by Dan Burstein
Who Was Mary Magdalene? by James Carroll
The Saintly Sinner: The 2000 Year Obsession with Mary Magdalene by Joan Acocella
Changing Our Perceptions of Mary Magdalene An interview with Bruce Chilton Sidebar: The Four Marys of the New Testament
The Long Miscast Outcast by Richard Covington
2. Embracing the Traditions of Women and the Sacred
When God was a Woman: Tales of the Daughters of Eve by Merlin Stone
Sex in the Temple: The Tradition of the Sacred Prostitute An interview with Nancy Qualls-Corbett
Mary Magdalene And the Sacred Union An interview with Margaret Starbird Sidebar: The Goddess Image in Art, by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
The Women Around Jesus An interview with Mary Rose D'Angelo
3. On Becoming the Apostle of the Apostles
Biographical Glimpses of Mary of Magdala by Bruce Chilton
The Gospel of Mary by Karen King
The Alternate Gospel Tradition An interview with Marvin Meyer
The Greatest Exaggerations Ever Told: A Critique of the Politically Correct Interpretations of the Gnostic Gospels An interview with Philip Jenkins
Mary Magdalene: An Heretical Portrait by John Lash
4. Mary Magdalene: Marginalized, Harlotized, and "Put in her Place"
Role Reversals: The Struggle to Reinstate Mary An interview with Ann Graham Brock
The Battle for Scriptures and the Faiths We Didn't Get a Chance to Know An interview with Bart Ehrman
From Pious Prostitute to Apostle of the Apostles: The Re-emergence of Mary Magdalene In Medieval Times by Katherine Ludwig Jansen
The Mary Magdalene Controversies by Arne J. de Keijzer
Was She the "Sinful Woman?"
Was She Married to Jesus? Sidebar: Mormonism and Mary Magdalene, by Maxine Hanks
Was She the "Beloved Disciple?"
5. The Secrets of Mary Magdalene Roundtable
The Mary Magdalene Roundtable with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Lesa Bellevie, Deirdre Good, Susan Haskins Katherine Kurs, Elaine Pagels, Jane Schaberg
6. The Magdalene Mosaic: Saint, Sinner, and Everything In Between
Revisiting The Scarlet Lily: Mary Magdalene in Western Art and Culture by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Interpreting the Exile Carpet: An Artwork Speaks Through Eighteen Centuries of Time by Jeremy Pine
Mary Magdalene's Secret History Encoded in a 17th Century Epic Poem by John Saul
A Painting of Mary Magdalene, Now Attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci: A Commentary on This Book's Cover Image by Dan Burstein
7. The Cult of Mary Magdalene in Legend and Lore
Mythologizing Mary Magdalene: The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
Sacred Theft: The Restless Bones of Mary Magdalene by Katherine Ludwig Jansen
On the Mary Magdalene Trail in Southern France by Elizabeth Bard Sidebar: My Pilgrimage to St. Baume by Jane Schaberg
8. Her Story Updated: Mary Magdalene in Contemporary Culture
The Saint as Vamp: Mary Magdalene on the Silver Screen by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
The Saint as Pop Star: The Mary Magdalene Effect in Popular Culture by Lesa Bellevie
Piece by Piece: How Mary Magdalene, the Patriarchy, and Sinsuality Have Influenced My Life and Career by Tori Amos
The Willing Secret by Ki Longfellow
Mary Magdalene: Superstar by Kathleen McGowan
9. Mary Magdalene Revealed for the 21st Century
Mary Magdalene's Spiritual Quest by Deirdre Good
Separate, Not Equal at All: The Church and Its Goddess Problem by Anna Quindlen
Following Mary: Magdalene Devotees Shape Their Own Religious Reality by Jennifer Doll
She Moves in Mysterious Ways: Mary Magdalene Enters the Age of the Web a survey by Lesa Bellevie
Appendix & Resources
The Mary Magdalene Bookshelf Compiled by the "Secrets Team"
Mary Magdalene Appearances in the New Testament Compiled by Beliefnet.com
Contributors
Acknowledgments