Isn’t it paradoxical that the joys of parenthood, the blessing of motherhood, cherished by most societies and psyches, are in orthodox biblical perspective, curse and punishment? What kind of neurosis could have stigmatized the most…
Jean D’Souza
The author is a researcher of Religion Studies, and a scholar of English Literature. She is keenly interested in comparative religion, children’s literature, Indian culture and gender studies.
Mary Magdalene: Re-reading a ‘sinful’ woman
Arguably, the one most misrepresented woman in the Bible is Mary Magdalene. Her characterisation in the Gospel narratives is fuzzy, and if one only went by her legendary confused, suppressed identity, she could well be…