Background
Elizabeth Johnson was born on December 6, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She is the oldest of seven children.
The Bronx, New York, United States
In 1970 Elizabeth Johnson obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Manhattan College.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
In 1981 Elizabeth Johnson received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Catholic University of America.
The Bronx, New York, United States
In 1970 Elizabeth Johnson obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Manhattan College.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
In 1981 Elizabeth Johnson received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Catholic University of America.
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Consider Jesus is widely regarded as the finest general introduction to Christology. Adopted for adult education courses, classrooms, and seminars, this classic book, written by one of the leading theologians of our era, presents major themes about Jesus in clear and accessible language. Consider Jesus is widely regarded as the finest general introduction to Christology. Adopted for adult education courses, classrooms, and seminars, this classic book, written by one of the leading theologians of our era, presents major themes about Jesus in clear and accessible language.
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1990
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This classic text explains what feminist theology is and how we can rediscover the feminine God within the Christian tradition, offering a profound vision of Christian theology, women’s experience, and emancipation.
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1992
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The author makes the point that the social domination of women and the ecological domination of the earth are inextricably fused in theory and practice.
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1993
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In this book, Elizabeth Johnson provides such a theology of the communion of saints, utilizing, ironically, women's practices of memory — "ironically" because the official list of saints is largely dominated by men, and "women's history of holiness has been neither remembered nor truthfully told". In the first part of the book, Johnson dialogues with history, gleaning clues from the past for an understanding of the communion of saints that is both faithful to tradition and promising of liberation. In the second, she.offers a systematic interpretation of the symbol, connecting insights from history with insights arising from women's practices today, linking both with radical hope in God. In this way, the communion of saints can become a practical doctrine for the entire church: a source of strength in the work to create a transformed society of mutuality and compassionate respect, both among human beings and between human beings and the Earth.
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1998
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Elizabeth A. Johnson moderates this book, a free-ranging discussion among prominent Catholic women about the face of the church, the need for reform and change, and the challenges faithful women face.
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2002
(The first-century Jewish woman Miriam of Nazareth, mother...)
The first-century Jewish woman Miriam of Nazareth, mother of Jesus, is the most celebrated female religious figure in the Christian tradition. Elizabeth Johnson offers an interpretation of Mary that is theologically sound, spiritually empowering, ethically challenging, socially liberating, and ecumenically fruitful. In particular, she sees the image of Mary as a blessing rather than a blight for women's lives in both religious and political terms.
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2003
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This book sets out the fruit of these discoveries. The first chapter describes Johnson's point of departure and the rules of engagement, with each succeeding chapter distilling a discrete idea of God. Featured are transcendental, political, liberation, feminist, black, Hispanic, interreligious, and ecological theologies, ending with the particular Christian idea of the one God as Trinity.
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2007
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An examination of the relationship between faith in God and the concept of ecological care within a crisis of biodiversity. For millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right. In Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, Elizabeth A. Johnson concludes that love of the natural world is an intrinsic element of faith in God and that far from being an add-on, ecological care is at the center of moral life. Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main drama of human being's relationship to God. What value does the natural world have within the framework of religious belief? The crisis of biodiversity in our day, when species are going extinct at more than 1,000 times the natural rate, renders this question acutely important. Standard perspectives need to be realigned; theology needs to look out of the window, so to speak as well as in the mirror.
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2014
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From the question of belief itself, to the mysteries of God, Jesus Christ, and the work of the Holy Spirit, a central theme for Johnson is the overflowing compassion of the living God, engaged with the struggles and su ffering of the world. Throughout this collection Johnson's feminist insights, her concerns for an imperiled planet and for those on the margins, add urgency and passion to her reflections.
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2015
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In this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic redemption in a time of advancing ecological devastation. In effect, how can we extend the core Christian belief in salvation to include all created beings? Immediately this question runs into a formidable obstacle: the idea that Jesus's death on the cross was required as atonement for human sin-- a theology laid out by the eleventh-century theologian St. Anselm. Constructing her argument (like Anselm) in the form of a dialogue, Johnson lays out the foundations in scripture, the teachings of Jesus, and the early Church for an understanding that emphasizes the love and mercy of God, showing how this approach can help us respond to a planet in peril.
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2018
Elizabeth Johnson was born on December 6, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She is the oldest of seven children.
In 1964 Elizabeth Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Brentwood College. In 1970 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Manhattan College. In 1981 Johnson received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Catholic University of America.
As a young adult, Elisabeth Johnson joined the religious order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph whose motherhouse is in Brentwood, Long Island, New York. At the time of the Second Vatican Council, she was a young sister teaching in elementary school as a New York State certified teacher of reading from grades K-6, a certification she still maintains.
From 1981 to 1991 Elizabeth Johnson was a professor of theology at the Catholic University of America. In 1991 she became a distinguished professor of theology at the Fordham University, where she teaches in both graduate and undergraduate programs. Johnson is a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the oldest and largest society of theologians in the world, and a former president of the American Theological Society, an ecumenical association.
Elizabeth Johnson is one of most prominent and respected theologians in the United States. She is known for her contributions in bringing a feminist perspective to the central themes of Christian faith. Her works has been translated into thirteen languages, including German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Bosnian, Korean, Indonesian, and Thai.
Elizabeth has received fifteen honorary doctorates: Doctor of Letters, from the Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana (1994), Doctor of Theology from the Maryknoll School of Theology, New York (1995), Doctor of Theology from the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois (1996), Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Siena College, Loudonville, New York (1998), Doctor of Humane Letters from the Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York (1999), Doctor of Humane Letters from the St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, New York (2001), Doctor of Pedagogy from the Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York (2002), Doctor of Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California (2003), Doctor of Humane Letters from the College of New Rochelle, New York (2004), Doctor of Humane Letters from the Villanova University, Pennsylvania (2005), Doctor of Human Letters from the Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut (2006), Doctor of the University from the Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario (2008), Doctor of Sacred Letters from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario (2010), and Doctor of Educational Leadership from the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota (2011).
(In this book, Elizabeth Johnson provides such a theology ...)
1998(From the question of belief itself, to the mysteries of G...)
2015(This classic text explains what feminist theology is and ...)
1992(In this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Jo...)
2018(The author makes the point that the social domination of ...)
1993(The first-century Jewish woman Miriam of Nazareth, mother...)
2003(An examination of the relationship between faith in God a...)
2014(Consider Jesus is widely regarded as the finest general i...)
1990(This book sets out the fruit of these discoveries. The fi...)
2007(Elizabeth A. Johnson moderates this book, a free-ranging ...)
2002Elizabeth Johnson has a research interests such as systematic theology, especially the mystery of the living God, the meaning of Jesus Christ and salvation, creation and ecological ethics, the problem of suffering, the dialogue between science and religion, interpretations of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the communion of saints, and all of the above as related to the human dignity of women and articulated in feminist theology.
Elizabeth Johnson is a member of the American Academy of Religion, of the College Theology Society, and of the American Theological Society.
