A review by maddness22
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault

5.0

This was damn near a spiritual experience for me. I wouldn't advise reading it as your first exposure to Mary Magdalene and her teachings, but the expansive explanations of how love needs to return to the central focus of Christianity in accordance to Mary Magdalene's own spiritual journey was very well done. It did a great job exploring both the Eastern and Western interpretations of love as a spiritual ascension. It also did very well analyzing the full relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene within any context possible while remaining true to the original Christian texts. Highly recommend if you're interested in feminist Christianity/Catholicism and already have a base knowledge of those teachings.

Oh also! Very excellent review and criticism of sexuality within the Church. I really appreciated that part as well.