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Scot McKnight is the Karl A. Olsson professor in religious studies at North Park University, Chicago. This article is adapted from The Real Mary: Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus (Paraclete, 2006).

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The Real Mary: Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus by Scot McKnight is available from Christianbook.com and other retailers.

Scot McKnight's blog, "Jesus Creed" has several posts on Mary. His older blogs include "Divine Hours Daily Blog" and "Jesus and His Death."

Paraclete Press has more information on The Real Mary, including a sample chapter.

Other Christianity Today articles on Mary include:

The Blessed Evangelical Mary | Why we shouldn't ignore her any longer. (December 1, 2003)

The 'Assumed' Fate of Jesus' Mother | Roman Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption on Sunday. What's "up" with that? (Aug. 13, 2004)

The Serene Contradiction of the Mother of Jesus | Why I reclaimed the virgin mother as a significant figure in my faith (December 1, 2002)

There's Something About Mary | Beliefs about Jesus' virgin mother vary between Christians of the early church, Roman Catholics, and modern-day Protestants, but this model of total trustful devotion has lessons to teach all Christians. (December 1, 2002)

His Mother | Learning from Mary, the maternal model. (May 12, 2000)

Christian History and Biography Issue 83 includes Mary in the Imagination of the Church, Recovering a Protestant Mary, and several other articles on Mary.

Christianity Today Movies has a special section for The Nativity Story, which releases into theaters December 1.

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