What ever happened to the Virgin Mary in the modern Catholic Church? For the past forty years her presence has been radically minimized. In a groundbreaking work, Charlene Spretnak cuts across the battle lines delineated by the left and the right within the Church to champion the recovery of the full spiritual presence of Mary. Spretnak, a liberal Catholic, asserts that a deep loss ensues for women in particular when Mary's female embodiment of grace and mystical presence is denied and replaced with a strictly text-bound version of her as a Nazarene housewife. Complete with a striking insert of contemporary Marian art, Missing Mary is a deeply insightful reflection on Mary in the modern age.

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CHARLENE SPRETNAK is the author of several books including States of Grace and The Resurgence of the Real. She is a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA. She lives in Half Moon Bay, California.

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Preface: Being Marian The Virgin and the Dynamo The Quiet Rebellion Against the Suppression of Mary Premodern Mary Meets Postmodern Cosmology Where Mary Still Reigns Why the Church Deposed the Queen of Heaven Revisiting the Church's 'Goddess Problem Reflections on Her Mystical Body of Grace Epilogue: Being Mary