Mary We Forgot

Jennifer Powell McNutt (PhD, The University of St. Andrews) is the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of Biblical and Theological Studies and professor of theology and history of Christianity at Litfin Divinity School, Wheaton College. Her book, The Mary We Forgot, has been named a finalist in the ECPA Book Awards and the Midwest Book Awards. She is a fellow in the Royal Historical Society, an award-winning professor and scholar, and an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian tradition. McNutt 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, and they live with their three children in Winfield, Illinois.

• ContentsForeword by Esau McCaulleyIntroduction: Mary Magdalene Superstar1. The Women of Scripture and a Hermeneutic of Surprise2. Will the Real Mary Magdalene Please Stand Up?3. Mary Magdalene and Her Church Interpreters4. France's Beloved Preacher and Evangelist5. A Woman Possessed--and Healed6. The "Certain Women" in Jesus's Inner Circle7. Go and Tell like Mary Magdalene8. The First Apostle Chosen by ChristEpilogue: Mary Magdalene for the Church Today