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How the cult of Virgin Mary turned a symbol of female authority into a tool of patriarchy

  • Written by Dorothy Ann Lee, Stewart Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity College, University of Divinity
How the cult of Virgin Mary turned a symbol of female authority into a tool of patriarchyMadonna with child and angels by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1674. The cult of the Virgin is emblematic of the way the church silences women and marginalises their experienceWikimedia Commons

Belief in the virgin birth comes from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Their birth stories are different, but both present Mary as a virgin when...

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