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Feb 21

Pride and Prejudice: Should Mr Collins have married Mary Bennett?

A reader dares to query Jane Austen’s choices.

Pride and Prejudice: Should Mr Collins have married Mary Bennett?

Pauline Montagna

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Jul 27, 2025

How Mary Magdalene became a prostitute: the making of a Christian myth

The name Magdalene has come down to us as synonymous with ‘fallen woman’, but was Mary Magdalene really the penitent prostitute of popular…

The Magdalen with the smoking Flame by Georges de la Tour

Pauline Montagna

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Apr 6, 2025

In Search of the Woman who Anoints Jesus

Who was the mysterious woman who anointed Jesus and why did she do it? The answer may surprise you.

Le Repas chez Simon de Philippe de Champaigne

Pauline Montagna

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Mar 12, 2025

Envoy or Rival? The Christian Appropriation of John the Baptist

When Catholic missionaries first encountered the Mandaeans, they immediately dubbed them ‘Christians of St John’, thus perpetuating a…

Envoy or Rival? The Christian Appropriation of John the Baptist

Pauline Montagna

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Mar 12, 2025

Meet the Mandaeans, the Disciples of John the Baptist

The Mandaeans are new to the West, but how much do we really know about their greatest prophet, John the Baptist?

Meet the Mandaeans, the Disciples of John the Baptist

Pauline Montagna

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Dec 14, 2024

Christ Mythicism: a theology for a rational world

Could Christianity survive if there was never an earthly Jesus?

Christ Mythicism: a theology for a rational world

Pauline Montagna

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Dec 14, 2024

Why I am a Mythicist

An ex-Catholic explains why she has adopted Christ Mythicism.

Why I am a Mythicist

Pauline Montagna

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Mar 9, 2024

6 Ways to Save on Food for the Single Cook

There’s lots of advice online about how to save money on the weekly shop, but little of it is for the single cook.

6 Ways to Save on Food for the Single Cook

Pauline Montagna

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Feb 27, 2024

Getting the Hollywood Treatment: The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

An obscure film from the Golden Age of Hollywood juggles a moral conundrum: should Uncle Harry get away with murder?

Film poster for The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Pauline Montagna

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Feb 15, 2024

A Tale of Two Nativities (Part 3): the Meaning and Origins of Luke’s Nativity

A mythicist ponders the origins and allegorical meaning of Luke’s Nativity.

Adoration of the Shepherds by Jacopo Del Bassano

Pauline Montagna

Pauline Montagna

Writer and Self-Publisher. Author of The Slave, Suburban Terrors and Not Wisely but Too Well. You’ll find my books on Smashwords.

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