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The Secrets of Mary Magdalene: Table of Contents
Front Matter
Preface
Introduction
by Elaine Pagels
1. Mary Magdalene: Outcast No More
Our Fascination with Mary Magdalene
by Dan Burstein
Who Was Mary Magdalene?
by James Carroll
The Saintly Sinner: The 2000 Year Obsession with Mary Magdalene
by Joan Acocella
Changing Our Perceptions of Mary Magdalene
An interview with Bruce Chilton
The Long Miscast Outcast
by Richard Covington
2. Embracing the Traditions of Women and the Sacred
When God was a Woman: Tales of the Daughters of Eve
by Merlin Stone
Sex in the Temple: The Tradition of the Sacred Prostitute
An interview with Nancy Qualls-Corbett
Mary Magdalene And the Sacred Union
An interview with Margaret Starbird
The Women Around Jesus
An interview with Mary Rose D’Angelo
3. On Becoming the “Apostle of the Apostles”
Biographical Glimpses of Mary of Magdala
by Bruce Chilton
The Gospel of Mary
by Karen King
The Alternate Gospel Tradition
An interview with Marvin Meyer
The Greatest Exaggerations Ever Told: Evaluating the “New” Interpretations of the Gnostic Gospels
An interview with Philip Jenkins
Mary Magdalene: An Heretical Portrait
by John Lash
4. Mary Magdalene: Marginalized, Harlotized, and “Put in her Place”
Role Reversals: The Struggle to Reinstate Mary
An interview with Ann Graham Brock
The Battle for Scriptures and the Faiths We Didn’t Get a Chance to Know
An interview with Bart Ehrman
From Pious Prostitute to Apostle of the Apostles: The Re-emergence of Mary Magdalene In Medieval
Times
by Katherine Ludwig Jansen
The Mary Magdalene Controversies
by Arne J. de Keijzer
Was She the “Sinful Woman?”
Was She Married to Jesus?
Was She the “Beloved Disciple?”
Mormonism and Mary Magdalene
by Maxine Hanks
5. The Secrets of Mary Magdalene Roundtable
The Mary Magdalene Roundtable
with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona • Lesa Bellevie • Deirdre Good • Susan Haskins
Katherine Kurs • Elaine Pagels • Jane Schaberg
6. The Magdalene Mosaic: Saint, Sinner, and Everything In Between
Revisiting The Scarlet Lily: Mary Magdalene in Western Art and Culture
by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Interpreting the Exile Carpet: An Artwork Speaks Through Eighteen Centuries of Time
by Jeremy Pine
Mary Magdalene’s Secret History Encoded in a 17th Century Epic Poem
by John Saul
A Painting of Mary Magdalene, Now Attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci: A Commentary on This Book’s Cover Image
by Dan Burstein
7. The Cult of Mary Magdalene in Legend and Lore
Mythologizing Mary Magdalene: The Golden Legend
by Jacobus de Voragine
Sacred Theft: The Restless Bones of Mary Magdalene
by Katherine Ludwig Jansen
“I Don’t Know If She Was Here, But She Is Here”—A Mary Magdalene Pilgrimage
by Elizabeth Bard
8. Her Story Updated: Mary Magdalene in Contemporary Culture
The Saint as Vamp: Mary Magdalene on the Silver Screen
by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
The Saint as Pop Star: The Mary Magdalene Effect in Popular Culture
by Lesa Bellevie
Piece by Piece: How Mary Magdalene, the Patriarchy, and Sinsuality Have Influenced My Life and Career
by Tori Amos
The Willing Secret
by Ki Longfellow
Mary Magdalene: Superstar
by Kathleen McGowan
9. Mary Magdalene Revealed for the 21st Century
Mary Magdalene’s Spiritual Quest
by Deirdre Good
Separate, Not Equal at All: The Church and Its Goddess Problem
by Anna Quindlen
Following Mary: Magdalene Devotees Shape Their Own Religious Realities
by Jennifer Doll
She Moves in Mysterious Ways: Mary Magdalene in the Internet Age
a survey by Lesa Bellevie
Appendix & Resources
The Mary Magdalene Bookshelf
Compiled by the “Secrets” Team
Mary Magdalene Appearances in the New Testament
Compiled by Beliefnet.com
Contributors
Acknowledgments