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The Mary We Forgot What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today Jennifer Powell McNutt Who was among the last at the cross and the first at the empty tomb? Mary Magdalene. Her role in Jesus’s ministry as told in all four Gospels was pivotal in many ways. Yet her story is often overlooked, confused, or scandalized by the church. In The Mary We Forgot , award-winning church historian and theolo- gian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and church history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene as a model of discipleship for all Christians today—women and men alike. McNutt invites readers along on her journey through southern France, tracing the path remembered by some church traditions as where Mary Magdalene spread the gospel. Readers will learn from the disciple known as the “apostle to the apostles” how to embrace Jesus’s calling to “go and tell” with faith and courage. They’ll also be encouraged by the reminder that God uses ordinary, imperfect, and unexpected people to share the good news of Jesus Christ. “McNutt leaves no stone unturned in her quest for the real Mary Magdalene. As a church historian with biblical and theological training, she disentangles Mary Magdalene’s story from the other Marys and unnamed women of the New Testament, work she is uniquely qualified to do. As someone with pastoral experience, McNutt helps us see why Mary’s story is critically important for the church today. This book was a joy to read!” —CARMEN JOY IMES, Talbot School of Theology; author of Being God’s Image and Bearing God’s Name “Highly recommended!” —TISH HARRISON WARREN, Anglican priest, former New York Times newsletter writer, and author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night FROM THE FOREWORD “It would be hard for someone to prepare the reader for all the moments of surprise, inspiration, and challenge that await them in the pages of The Mary We Forgot. . . . I quickly found myself humbled as chapter after chapter taught me much about Mary that I did not know. Dr. McNutt has offered a well-researched and clear case for a recovery of the real Mary Magdalene. . . . By helping us find the real Mary, this book does what Mary’s own story does. It points us to Jesus, the King and Savior who healed her and changed her life.” —ESAU M cCAULLEY
OCTOBER 2024 • 272 pp. • paper • $19.99 • 9781587436178
Jennifer Powell McNutt (PhD, The University of St. Andrews) is the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College and professor of theology and history of Christi - anity. She is a fellow in the Royal Historical Society and an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian tradition. McNutt serves as a parish associate at her church and regularly speaks at universities, seminaries, and churches across the country. She and her husband cofounded McNuttshell Ministries, which serves as a bridge between the academy and the church.
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