By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-05-08T04:33:47-04:00March 11th, 2026|Tags: Christian Heresies, Christian History by the Century, Early Christian Communities, Early Church, Manichaeism, Mary|
While Nicene Christianity remained dominant in the Eastern Empire, Arian rulers governed much of the West, often tolerating Nicene Christians but maintaining separate ecclesiastical systems. Thus theological division mirrored geopolitical division.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-03-24T01:15:47-04:00March 5th, 2025|Tags: Church, Gender Issues, Mary, Religion, The Jewishness of Jesus|
You should expect the unexpected. Be ready for a lot of diversity. Sometimes as scholars, we try to smooth away things that seem unusual to try to make them fit with the greater body of evidence. An interview with Dr. Meredith J. C. Warren
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-08-27T04:33:54-04:00August 27th, 2024|Tags: Gospels, Mary, Nativity Story, Women|
Women like Mary, the mother of Jesus, were influential leaders and have been largely written out of the story. But Mary—more like the 'Godmother'—is rightly the real 'Founder' of the movement. Presenter: Dr. James Tabor with host Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-08-22T04:30:50-04:00August 16th, 2023|Tags: Gender Issues, Gospel of Thomas, Mary, Women|
Gender is an important construct in a wide range of writings from the early Jesus peoples and groups. One of the most interesting of these writings to consider when it comes to gender is the Gospel of Thomas.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-02-14T05:09:20-05:00November 2nd, 2022|Tags: Gospel of John, Mary, Mary Magdalene|
It’s possible she is Lazarus’s sister. … Mary from Bethany who possibly gave the central Christological confession in John’s gospel … she was given the name ‘Mary the Tower’ for her faith. An interview with Elizabeth Schrader Polczer.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-02-14T05:20:36-05:00July 7th, 2021|Tags: Gospel of Mary, Mary, Mary Magdalene|
I can say that there are at least seven Marys, depending on how you count them. I’ll start off with those seven and explain how we get to that seven. An Interview with Anna Cwikla.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-12-27T18:57:34-05:00September 10th, 2019|Tags: Apocryphal Texts, Extracanonical Texts, Mary, Protevangelium of James|
I was trained in traditional texts, but drawn to non-normative books and what they can reveal about gender and the construction of one’s identity. Franҫois Bovon considers the Protevangelium of James to be “useful for the soul.” An Interview with Dr. Lily Vuong.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:13:27-05:00June 20th, 2019|Tags: Early Christian Art, Early Jesus Followers, Mary, Women|
Watch and listen as Dr. Ally Kateusz explains the historical and theological significance of the modern-day discovery and interpretation of ancient Christian art.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2026-02-14T05:21:44-05:00June 10th, 2019|Tags: Dialogue of the Savior, Extracanonical Texts, Mary|
... the strange-sounding Dialogue of the Savior is much more down-to-earth than people realize ... the characters in the story [seem like] people we’d enjoy talking to today. An interview with Anna Cwikla.
