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5090894Unmaking Maryhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/unmaking-mary-9781399814652/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4633483/image.jpg?v=638720866919330000403492MXNJohn Murray PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Astute, smart, witty and brave. A radical, deeply thoughtful and essential intervention<br /><strong>Lucy Jones, author of <em>Matrescence</em></strong></p><p>A deeply valuable reflection on motherhood<br /><strong>Rowan Williams</strong></p><p>For two thousand years, the Virgin Mary has been depicted throughout art, literature and culture as symbolising the perfect mother: chaste, beautiful, meek, mild and white. These supposed virtues and symbols have penetrated not just Christianity but wider popular culture; and contributed to harmful views about motherhood and what it is to be a woman.</p><p>In this part-memoir, part social and theological commentary, Chine McDonald deconstructs the myth of perfect motherhood and shines a light on the dark side of parenting. From birth trauma to post-natal depression, from infertility to the mental load, the motherhood penalty and pressures on women to be and have it all - especially in the church - this book attempts to liberate motherhood from the chains in which it has been placed, reconstructing a more authentic, grace-filled way forward for the most important job in the world.</p><p><em>Unmaking Mary</em> will include a foreword written by Beth Allison Barr, author of <em>The Making of Biblical Womanhood.</em></p>...4816548Unmaking Mary403492https://www.gandhi.com.mx/unmaking-mary-9781399814652/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4633483/image.jpg?v=638720866919330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781399814652_W3siaWQiOiIyMWUzY2ZmNi1jNzQzLTRkZWYtYjQ3Mi1jMDg2MjczODc0NTciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ4MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjg3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjM5MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjp0cnVlfV0=9781399814652_<p>For two thousand years, the Virgin Mary has been depicted throughout art, literature and culture as symbolising the perfect mother: chaste, beautiful, meek, mild and white. These supposed virtues and symbols have penetrated not just Christianity but wider popular culture; and contributed to harmful views about motherhood and what it is to be a woman.</p><p>In this part-memoir, part social and theological commentary, Chine McDonald deconstructs the myth of perfect motherhood and shines a light on the dark side of parenting. From birth trauma to post-natal depression, from infertility to the mental load, the motherhood penalty and pressures on women to be and have it all - especialliy in the church - this book attempts to liberate motherhood from the chains in which it has been placed, reconstructing a more authentic, grace-filled way forward for the most important job in the world.</p>...9781399814652_John Murray Presslibro_electonico_9781399814652_9781399814652Chine McDonaldInglésMéxico2025-03-13T00:00:00+00:002025-03-13T00:00:00+00:00John Murray Press