Fully Human and Fully Divine: The Birth of Christ and the Role of Mary

The task given to us for this article was to offer theological responses to, “Can modern biology interpret the mystery of the birth of Christ?” by Giuseppe Benagiano and Bruno Dallapiccola. We are female Protestant theologians and respond to the issues from this perspective. The Christian confession...

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Authors: Pederson, Ann Milliken 1957- (Author) ; Berndt, Elisa (Author) ; DePerno, Morgan (Author) ; Spars-McKee, Gretchen (Author) ; Wehde, Emily (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2015]
In: Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 172-181
Further subjects:B Incarnation
B Miracle
B Myth
B Mary
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