The Magdalene Moment
In recent years, scandals involving sexual abuse, politics, money, and morality have rocked mainstream Christianity. At the same time, The Da Vinci Code spent over two years on the bestseller lists and sparked massive interest in Mary Magdalene. Joanna Manning argues that this is no coincidence, and that Christianity's future depends on a fundamental shift toward the issues of today. She explores some of those issues here, including women's roles, erotic and sexual diversity, the environment and the new cosmology, and religious pluralism. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1551928736
ISBN13:9781551928739
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:Raincoast Books
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
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Rated 5 starsA thoughtful, honest, and loving testament
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The Magdalene Moment: A Vision for a New Christianity is a thoughtful discussion of Christian spirituality and problems inherent in the Catholic church, as written by former nun Joanna Manning. Chapters discuss the difficulties Manning endured to become a nun, how she left the convent to get married, the shock of learning about scandals involving priests committing sexual abuse of children, how her efforts to speak out against...
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