Elizabeth Johnson (theologian)

Elizabeth Johnson ( born December 6, 1941) is an American Roman Catholic theologian.

Life

Johnson studied Roman Catholic theology at Brentwood College ( 1964), from Manhattan College (1970 ) and at the Catholic University of America (1981). In the 1980s she worked as a religion teacher. As a high school teacher, she has taught since 1991 at Fordham University in New York City. In your works it deals inter alia with the women's rights and women's ordination.

Works (selection)

  • Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology (1990 )
  • She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse (1992 )
  • Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit (1993 )
  • As Someone Dies: A Handbook for the Living (1995 )
  • Who Do You Say That I Am? : Introducing Contemporary Christology (1997)
  • Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints (1998)
  • The Church Women Want: Catholic Women in Dialogue ( 2002)
  • Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints (2003)
  • Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God ( 2007)

Prizes and Awards (selection)

  • Grawemeyer Award for She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, 1992
  • Honorary Doctor of the Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1994
  • Honorary Doctor of the Maryknoll School of Theology, New York, 1995
  • Honorary doctorate from the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois, 1996
  • Honorary Doctor of Siena College, Loudonville, New York, 1998
  • Honorary Doctor of Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, 1999
  • Honorary Doctor of St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, New York, 2001
  • Honorary Doctor of Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, 2002
  • Honorary doctorate from the College of New Rochelle, New York, 2004
  • Honorary Doctorate from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, 2005
  • Honorary Doctor of the Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut, 2006
  • Honorary doctorate from the Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, 2008
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of St. Michael 's College, Toronto, Ontario, 2010
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