TheauthorofTheWisdomJesustakesreadersonajourneytodiscovertherealMaryMagdalene--andfindsapowerful,ancientmodelfor21st-centuryspiritualityMaryMagdaleneisoneofthemostinfluentialsymbolsinthehistoryofChristianity--yet,ifyoulookintheBible,you’llfindonlyahandfulofversesthatspeakofher.Howdidshebecomesuchacompellingsaintinthefaceofsuchpaltryevidence?Inherefforttoanswerthatquestion,CynthiaBourgeaultexaminestheBible,churchtradition,art,legend,andnewlydiscoveredtextstoseewhat’sthere.Shethenappliesherownreasoningandintuition,informedbythewisdomoftheages-oldChristiancontemplativetradition.WhatemergesisaradicalviewofMaryMagdaleneasJesus’smostimportantdisciple,theoneheconsideredtounderstandhisteachingbest.Thatteachingwascharacterizedbyanondualisticapproachtotheworldandbyadeepunderstandingofthevalueofthefeminine.CynthiashowshowanunderstandingofMaryMagdalenecanrevitalizecontemporaryChristianity,howChristiansandotherscan,throughher,findtheirwaytoJesus’soriginalteachingsandapplythemtotheirmodernlives.
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