{"product_id":"unmaking-mary-von-chine-mcdonald","title":"Unmaking Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Astute, smart, witty and brave. A radical, deeply thoughtful and essential intervention”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eMatrescence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A deeply valuable reflection on motherhood”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRowan Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For two thousand years, the Virgin Mary has been depicted throughout art, literature and culture as symbolising the perfect mother: chaste, beautiful, meek, mild and white. These supposed virtues and symbols have penetrated not just Christianity but wider popular culture; and contributed to harmful views about motherhood and what it is to be a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this part-memoir, part social and theological commentary, Chine McDonald deconstructs the myth of perfect motherhood and shines a light on the dark side of parenting. From birth trauma to post-natal depression, from infertility to the mental load, the motherhood penalty and pressures on women to be and have it all - especially in the church - this book attempts to liberate motherhood from the chains in which it has been placed, reconstructing a more authentic, grace-filled way forward for the most important job in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnmaking Mary \u003c\/i\u003ewill include a foreword written by Beth Allison Barr, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Biblical Womanhood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781399814638\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781399814638","offer_id":57416676081989,"sku":"9781399814638","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d633bbb2-8d75-4d06-8c89-7da172bb6651.jpg?v=1777609096","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/unmaking-mary-von-chine-mcdonald","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}