Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints

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A&C Black, 2003 M05 22 - 379 pages

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Contents

Fragments in the Rubble
3
Womens Theological Work
18
The Ideal Face of Woman
47
The Maternal Face of God
71
PART 3
103
Precedents
114
33
132
PICTURING A WORLD
136
15
169
The SocialCultural World
185
36
186
7458
204
A Mosaic
209
Mary Friend of God and Prophet
305
NOTES
326
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES
371

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155
The Religious World
162
INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES
377
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About the author (2003)

Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., is distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University. She has received numerous awards, including the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for She Who Is (1993), the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion for Friends of God and Prophets (1999), and the Book Award of the College Theology Society for Truly Our Sister (2004). She was also the recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Jerome Award of the Catholic Library Association, and the Monika K. Hellwig Award of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

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TitleTruly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints
AuthorElizabeth A. Johnson
PublisherA&C Black, 2003
ISBN0826414737, 9780826414731
Length379 pages
  
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