"All generations shall call me blessed": A Baptist recovery of Mary1. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Newman, Elizabeth
• Is Part Of: Review and expositor. Volume 114:Number 2(2017:May)
• Page Start: 266
• Page End: 273
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: Baptists -- church -- figural -- Mary -- mater dolorosa -- Theotokos; Baptists -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 286
• DOI: 10.1177/0034637317705643
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-6373

Abstract

In Baptist life, Mary typically appears only at Christmas. Accordingly, there is minimal theological reflection on Mary as a resource for ecclesial self-understanding. This article argues for embracing Mary as a figure of the church. Rightly understood, a richer Scriptural reading of Mary can both enhance Baptist (and more broadly Protestant) ecclesiology as well as contribute to the unity of the church.