Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary.(Book Review)

From: Biblical Theology Bulletin | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Craghan, John F. | Copyright information

BLESSED ONE: PROTESTANT PERSPECTIVES ON MARY. Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa & Cynthia L. Rigby. Foreword by Kathleen Norris. Louisville, KY/London, UK: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Pp. xii + 158. Paper, $19.95.

Deriving its title from the Magnificat (Lk 1:48), this collection of eleven essays observes that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is virtually absent among Protestants. To rectify this lacuna, the editors have invited Protestant scholars to think about Mary pr...

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