Christian History

Issue 83

Mary in the Imagination of the Church

Originally published in 2004

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

Mary: From the Editor

Mary and the Flabbergasting Fact

Eyewitness

The spark that lit the Welsh revival

Recovering a Protestant Mary

A conversation with Timothy George

Hail Mary

Her moment of obedience triggered two millennia of reverence.

That Most Familiar Story

How certain details of the nativity became tradition.

Mary & Her Baby: Luther’s View

The Reformer loved to dwell on the nativity. Here are a few of his thoughts.

Temple & Sword

At the temple, long before the cross, her son’s cruel death pierced Mary.

The Hidden Years

What did Mary do during the youth and ministry of her son?

Mary at the Cross

From three little verses in John has come a rich tradition of song and art.

The Queen Mother?

John seems to tap a Hebrew political tradition to show Mary in an exalted role.

Mary: Recommended Resources

A few good places for Protestants to explore the church’s thought on the mother of our Lord.

People Worth Knowing

Discovering devotional masters

The Day God Settled the ‘Bible Question’ for Billy Graham

At stake was nothing less than the reliability of Scripture.

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