{"id":6550,"date":"2006-12-04T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T22:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:36:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:36:28","slug":"5300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/12\/04\/5300\/","title":{"rendered":"Two North Park Professors Featured in Christianity Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>CHICAGO, IL (December 4, 2006) \u2013 Separate articles by two North Park University professors in the current issue of <em>Christianity Today<\/em> magazine suggest evangelicals are changing their images of Mary as well as the Orthodox Church.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nMcKnight, the Karl A. Olsson professor in religious studies and author of numerous books, including <em>The Jesus Creed<\/em>, focuses on \u201cwhy the mother of Jesus was more revolutionary than we\u2019ve been led to believe.\u201d In his article, McKnight declares, \u201cOn the horizon today is nothing less than a Protestant reclamation of Mary . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKnight draws upon the work for his recently released book, <em>The Real Mary<\/em>, in which he says the mother of Jesus should play a more pivotal role in the life of evangelicals. To read the magazine article, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2006\/december\/8.26.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christianity Today<\/a>. To read an earlier published interview with Covenant News Service as part of this online Covenant news report, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item5222\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Mary<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>Bradley Nassif is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at the university and authored an article that appears on page 40 of the same magazine issue. Nassif\u2019s article\u00a0 \u201cWill the 21st be the Orthodox Century?\u201d argues that \u201cfascination with the Great Tradition may signal deep changes for both evangelicals and the Orthodox.\u201d A member of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, Nassif is currently writing <em>The Westminster Handbook to Eastern Orthodox Theology<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=6550&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (December 4, 2006) \u2013 Separate articles by two North Park University professors in the current issue of Christianity Today magazine suggest evangelicals are changing their images of Mary as well as the Orthodox Church. 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