Archive for June, 2006

In this third and final segment our panel fields questions from the audience about Margaret Starbird’s belief that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. We also discuss the broader issue of women’s relationship with Christianity. Dr. Dave Nienhuis, theologian at Seattle Pacific University, and Rev. Karen Ward, pastor of the emergent Church of the Apostles, TKM host, Dick Staub, and Margaret Starbird respond. The “Da Vinci Code” brought into popular consciousness this idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, who carried his child. Margaret Starbird’s “The Woman and the Alabaster Jar” was one of Dan Brown’s sources.

Dr. Dave Nienhuis, theologian at Seattle Pacific University, and Rev. Karen Ward, pastor of the emergent Church of the Apostles, and TKM host, Dick Staub, respond to Margaret Starbird’s theories about Mary Magdalene’s marriage to Jesus in segment two. This The Kindlings Muse podcast explores the basis for her conclusions and why she thinks it is essential to reinstate the feminine in Christianity. The “Da Vinci Code” brought into popular consciousness this idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, who carried his child. Margaret Starbird’s “The Woman and the Alabaster Jar” was one of Dan Brown’s sources. (27 Minutes)

The “Da Vinci Code” brought into popular consciousness the theory that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene who carried his child. Margaret Starbird’s “The Woman and the Alabaster Jar” was one of Dan Brown’s sources and she joins us in this first segment of this The Kindlings Muse podcast to talk about the basis for her conclusions and why she thinks it is essential to reinstate the feminine in Christianity. You’ll also hear music from guitar virtuosos William and Alene. In Segment two we add two additional guests and the third segment features audience questions.