On Bloggingheads.com, which provides two people an extended--very extended, given the digital age--opportunity to converse. They invited me to have a conversation with Susan Thistlethwaite, a UCC theologian at Chicago Theological Seminary, and we covered: the so-called "War on Christmas," the insidious "one-upsmanship" (or "upswomanship") that interferes with the true spirit of generosity, the role of Mary in contemporary Christianity, and resisting the tsunami of consumerism. Our rather lively conversation is below....
James Martin, SJ
Christmas, Jesus and Mary on Bloggingheads.
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