Marian Evangelicals?

There was an interesting article in our local paper today about a film coming out later this year, "The Nativity Story," telling the story of the birth of Jesus from Mary's perspective. The Protestant screenwriter, Mike Rich, says, "Not much anymore in our lives is black and white.  But this is a young woman who made a black-and-white decision:  She was willing to have the faith to follow the most remarkable of directives."

The article discusses the resurgence of interest in both the historical and the spiritual significance of Mary, not only in the Catholic Church, but also in Protestant churches.

. . . Mary, already revered in Islam as the mother of the prophet Jesus, has been finding her way into Protestant churches, too.  In recent years, many non-Catholic Christians have reclaimed parts of her tradition that once seemed too Catholic to consider.  They remember her as a witness of Jesus' crucifixion, perhaps as one of the women who found the tomb empty on Easter morning.  Many who saw the film "The Passion of the Chirst" were touched by scense of Mary remembering her son as a child."

More support for continued exploration of the Marian dimension of CLT?

Lisa