The Serene Contradiction of the Mother of Jesus
Why I reclaimed the virgin mother as a significant figure in my faith
Kathleen Norris | posted 12/01/2002 12:00AM

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Previous CT articles on Mary include:
What Does James Ossuary Say About Mary? | Does James's bone box destroy Roman Catholic teaching of Mary's perpetual virginity? (Oct. 23, 2000)
Mary, Mother of Darth Vader | NBC's "Mary, Mother of Jesus" tries to make Mary more noble, but only by making everyone else worse. (Nov. 8, 1999)
Let Mary Be | Why the pope shouldn't give Mary that which belongs to her Son. (Dec. 8, 1997)
CT Classic: Whose Child Is This? | The early church's opponents claimed Jesus was illegitimate. Its heretical fringe said he wasn't human. The doctrine of the Virgin Birth set them both straight. (Dec. 17, 1990)
Books and Culture, our sister publication, had a two part look at "The Evolution of Mary" in May 1997 (print only).
Previous Christianity Today articles by Kathleen Norris include:
The Company of Sinners | A divinely inspired institution, the church is full of ordinary people who sometimes say and do cruel, stupid things. (April 3, 2000)
Earlier this year, Norris spoke in Christianity Today's Dick Staub Interview about being found by God in the midst of sex, drugs, and poetry.
Leadership, a Christianity Today sister publication for church leaders, interviewed Norris for its Winter 1999 issue.