Colm Toibin
Summer reading: Hot, hot, hot edition
By Kimberly Winston — July 14, 2017
(RNS) If you can't stand the heat, fan yourself with one of these books, each with a religion theme.
A controversial Broadway play on the Virgin Mary closes Why?
By David Gibson — May 7, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) A Tony-nominated play with a controversial take on the Virgin Mary reflecting on her life closed far earlier than planned. Now the question is: Why? After all, biblically themed shows are all the rage on television and in the movies. Was “The Testament of Mary” too controversial – or not controversial enough?
Colm Toibin’s “Testament of Mary” brings Jesus’ mother down to earth
By Charles Austin — April 23, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) How far can one go in retelling a Bible story, adding things that are not in the original? Colm Toiben's ``The Testament of Mary,'' which opens on Broadway, goes a long way in recrafting the story of the Virgin Mary.
Colm Toibin’s Virgin Mary is far from meek and mild
By Karen Long — December 7, 2012
(RNS) The traditional Christmas image of the Virgin Mary -- silent, obedient, observant -- has cemented a potent ideal in the Western imagination. Now the masterful Irish writer Colm Toibin puts a jackhammer to the cozy, safe, Christmas-card version in "The Testament of Mary.'' By Karen Long.
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