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...Hail, Mary" was a splendid analysis of a development in spirituality that goes profoundly beyond the goddess fad that has captured our imaginations for years [March 21]. The piety and deepest consciousness of a human being seek a feminine face, especially in a world whose cultures are saturated with patriarchy. Thank you for helping to rescue Mary from passive neglect. (The Rev.) Marvin E. Repinski Austin, Minnesota...
Hail, Mary "Hail, Mary" was a splendid analysis of a development in spirituality that goes profoundly beyond the goddess fad that has captured our imaginations for years [March 21]. The piety and deepest consciousness of a human being seek a feminine face, especially in a world whose cultures are saturated with patriarchy. Thank you for helping rescue Mary, a kind of biblical goddess, from passive neglect. Many of us appreciate your generous examples of Protestants, including Methodists like me, who keep opening doors of faiths that are traditional but are willing to take risks. (The Rev.) Marvin E. Repinski Austin...
...cutting out a magazine ad that said with $2 and some box tops they would send you a special kind of gum that had tapeworm eggs in it and when you chewed it the worms would hatch and eat up all the food you consumed. It sounded like a splendid idea to me--a way to have your cake and eat it too, so to speak. I sent in my $2 and the box tops, but the gum never materialized. When I told this story to a friend recently, she said, "You're a smart girl, Jane...
...HAIL, MARY" WAS A SPLENDID ANALYSIS of a development in spirituality that goes profoundly beyond the goddess fad that has captured our imaginations for years [March 21]. The piety and deepest consciousness of a human being seek a feminine face, especially in a world whose cultures are saturated with patriarchy. Thank you for helping rescue Mary, a kind of biblical goddess, from passive neglect. Many of us appreciate your generous examples of Protestants, including Methodists like me, who keep opening doors of faiths that are traditional but are willing to take risks...
...Chirico's pristinely preserved two-level apartment in Rome's splendid Piazza di Spagna, where he lived for more than 30 years until his death in 1978, is an intimate way to encounter some of the artist's best-known works. A guide ushers visitors into the living area, which has been left largely as it was during De Chirico's life and displays dozens of his works. "He lived in his own museum," notes Victoria Noel-Johnson, project coordinator for the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation...