Career
Her bachelor"s degree was from Mundelein College and she also held a master"s degree in theology from Marquette University. She received a master"s degree and her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1971 with a dissertation on the German theologian Karl Rahner, and began teaching there in 1975. She also held several honorary doctorates.
Her books include Thomas Merton"s Theology of Self and Transforming Grace: Christian Tradition and Women"s Experience.
