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Title: Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0-8264-1473-7 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mary's life enriched and expanded
Comment: Elizabeth Johnson is a theolgian much respected by her peers. She does not write theologically incorrect books. Her approach to Mary resonates with all women in a very positive way. In order to understand Mary one needs to understand not only the scriptural references but also the time and culture in which she lived. Each new presentation of her life enriches my understanding of her place in the history of the church. This books does all of this.
Rating: 1
Summary: Truly our Sister: A theology of Mary in the Communion of Sa
Comment: It is not necessary to use 1000 words to say this book is not theologically correct according to Catholic doctrine. No true Catholic or lover of the
Lord's precious Mother would allow this book to be in their possession.
It also seems to me that when crucified Jesus gave Mary to the world to be our Mother, not our sister.
I do not recommend this book and in glancing at who gave positive reviews I am proud to be a dissenting reviewer.
Rating: 5
Summary: A stimulating revival of Mary¿s image
Comment: In a previous book, ("She who is"), Elizabeth Johnson helped us gain some insight into the mystery of God seen from a feminist standpoint. She tried to emphasize the feminine in God. She focused on God as "Wisdom Spirit" which is perhaps the most abstract of our concepts of the Divine.
In the present book, so to speak, she comes back down to earth by focusing on Mary, who was intimately linked to the Spirit and yet remains far more accessible to us humans. Mary can be named, and quite naturally be represented as a woman. She is a definitely more attractive, familiar and reassuring image than that of a spirit.
The author goes, maybe with too much detail, into the historical and cultural contexts in which Mary spent her time on earth. She does that in order to show that Mary was a real woman, a real sister to the other women of this world. She rejects the usual image of Mary as the perfect icon because she finds it counterproductive. All the out-of-this-world privileges which are bestowed on her in the classical view, actually put her out of reach from other women. In the end, she has nothing left in common with the real women of this world.
Elizabeth Johnson wants to convince that despite all that has been said, Mary remains within reach of her twenty first century sisters. That Mary was a very active, autonomous and responsible woman who can be and should be a real model for all the women of this world, because she actually was one of them. She lived and strived in a difficult male-oriented patriarchal society. She lived and acted in her own right, and not as someone who received her identity through a man from whom she should necessarily depend.
This also holds true regarding the unique relationship that Mary enjoyed with the Divine. Elizabeth Johnson wants to demonstrate that Mary was not just a passive obedient tool in the hands of God, but an active, willing and determined participant in the history of God's self communication to humanity. When she was visited by the angel, she decided on her own to agree and to go along with God's project. And then, during all her life she remained consistent with this positive and responsible attitude.
A lot of other interesting considerations are to be found all along this stimulating book, if the reader takes his or her time on the way.
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Title: Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope by Joan D. Chittister ISBN: 0802812163 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: A People Adrift : The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America by Peter Steinfels ISBN: 0684836637 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Church Women Want: Catholic Women in Dialogue by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0824519795 Publisher: Herder & Herder Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0826411983 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Restless Heart : Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness by RONALD ROLHEISER ISBN: 0385511140 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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