IGF028 In Good Faith - Sister Elizabeth Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University - a podcast by Sister Maxine

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IGF048 In Good Faith podcast with Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, recorded live on November 1, 2013.  

  • The influences on Sister Elizabeth’s attraction to theology 
  •  The pedestal of idealized womanhood, and recovering Mary's humanity 
  • The "communion of holy things" -- all of creation in the communion of saints
  • Holiness as a gift from God, freely given to all
  • Understanding saints as friends of God throughout their lives 
  • Saints and canonized saints
  • The Great Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12) 
  • Two models of the saints: companionship and patronage
  • The saints as our companions: memories, storytelling, calendar of saints
  • Theology in the age of the laity in the church
  • Being receptive to the power of God to embrace and transform us
  • The infinite horizon of God

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