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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Mary Magdalene"”.
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Sub-Ordination: Mary Magdalene, the Church, and the Ordination of Women
… we shall explore the role and treatment of Mary Magdalene and women in early texts and show that they actually did have prominent positions within at least some early Christian communities. Texts were altered, and selected for reasons that did not always have to do with doctrine. Therefore, …
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(Dis)identifying female archetypes in live art
… the patriarchal canon: Medea (the anti-mother), Mary Magdalene (the penitent whore) and Joan of Arc (virgin martyr). I juxtapose their ‘universality’ with the experiential, the local and the contemporary. I draw on the authoritative personal voice of the lived anxiety of the experience of …
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Daughters of the Sun (Excerpted)
… first wife who was written out of the Bible; Mary the “Virgin” Mother; and Mary Magdalene. This is the Gospel they didn’t want you to know. This is the Gospel she has been waiting two thousand years to tell.</p>
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Mythic Contexts and Marginalized Figures: Unveiling Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's Poetics
… more active role. I also discuss her use of the Mary Magdalene figure and nuns to portray an empowered female figure that functions both inside and outside of the patriarchal order. Lastly, I examine Ní Chuilleanáin alongside Eavan Boland, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Medbh McGuckian to compare ways …
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A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John
… examines the role of Johannine women: Mary the mother of Jesus (2:1-11), the Samaritan Woman (4:1-42), Martha and Mary (11:1-44), Mary of Bethany (12:1-8), the Women at the Cross (19:25-27), and Mary Magdalene (20:1-18), thus suggesting an alternative approach to a better understanding …
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Properties of Desire: Performing Women on the Early Modern Transvestite Stage
… that the travels of a salvatory in the Digby Mary Magdalene construct the nature of the Magdalenes erotic desire as the basis of her spiritual authority. It compares this play to A Woman Killed with Kindness, where the journey of a lute foregrounds the damage done to women by male …
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Representations of the Care of the Soul in Early Christian Texts
… of Judas</em>. Chapter four discusses how Mary Magdalene and Perpetua are represented in terms of the care of the soul in, respectively, the <em>Gospel of Mary</em> and the <em>Passion of Perpetua and Felicity</em> and what is at stake for women's leadership roles in each of these …
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Humeral torsion and activity-related change in the human upper limb and pectoral girdle. A biomechanical investigation and social implications.
… St. Andrew, Fishergate, York. The men from the Mary Rose, a Tudor warship are also investigated. Other samples analysed include the rural sites of Wharram Percy and Hickleton, the urban cemeteries from the Priory of St. Andrew, Fishergate,York and the leprosarium of Sts. James and Mary …
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The Celibate Christ: A Suggestive Reading of John 20:17 μή μου ἅπτου οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα (“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended”)
… texts, the relationship of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is consistently portrayed as ascetic, a vestige of the story of 20:17. I argue from two of these texts, which reflect belief in an immediate, disembodied ascension at death, that 20:17 offers a contradiction in its focus on Jesus’ …
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Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community of Kwa-Mthethwa area in KwaZulu-Natal
A study of impact of HIV/AIDS on rural community involves a whole range of factors. This investigation focused on youth's level of knowledge of HTV/AIDS, youth's informants and youth's attitudes towards HIV/AIDS sufferers. Literature review was conducted. This has revealed that the attitude within …
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Performing piety: preachers and players in East Anglia, 1400-1520
“Performing Piety” examines the interdependent relationship between medieval sermons and plays in late-medieval East Anglia, arguing that the mutual use of thematic divisions and exempla (moral tales) evinces the reciprocal interaction of preacher and playwright. By focusing on these common …