Truly our Sister A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints

by Johnson, Elizabeth A.

• ISBN13: 9780826418272
• ISBN10: 0826418279
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

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

Author Biography

Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J., is Distinguished Service Professor of Theology at Fordham University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Women's Voices in a New Key
Fragments in the Rubble	p. 3
A Rich Tapestry	p. 3
Hearing Women's Voices	p. 6
Critical Judgments	p. 8
Creative Insights	p. 12
Theological Significance	p. 15
Women's Theological Work	p. 18
The Ice Cracks	p. 18
Critical Judgments	p. 22
Creative Interpretations	p. 36
Roads Not Taken
Cul-de-Sac: The Ideal Face of Woman	p. 47
One Human Race	p. 47
Mary and the Patriarchal Feminine	p. 54
Lighting Out for the Territory	p. 66
Cul-de-Sac: The Maternal Face of God	p. 71
Mining a Rich Lode	p. 71
Historical Soundings	p. 73
Giving Back: The Migration Begins	p. 86
Pastoral Judgment	p. 91
A Way Forward
A Modest Proposal	p. 95
From Transcendent Symbol to Historical Person	p. 95
A Pneumatological Theology of Mary	p. 101
Issues of Interpretation	p. 104
Precedents	p. 114
Two Millennia, Two Patterns	p. 114
Vatican II: Clash of the Titans	p. 123
From Mediatrix to Model	p. 128
"Truly Our Sister"	p. 131
Picturing a World
Galilee: The Political-Economic World	p. 137
Picturing a World	p. 137
The Lay of the Land	p. 140
Economic Structures	p. 144
Political Rulers	p. 150
Second Temple Judaism: The Religious World	p. 162
On Being Jewish	p. 162
In Galilee	p. 166
Going Up to Jerusalem	p. 171
Jewish Christians/Christian Jews	p. 177
Women: The Social-Cultural World	p. 185
A Pernicious Contrast	p. 185
Marriage and Family	p. 190
Everyday Life	p. 199
Mary in the Communion of Saints
The Dangerous Memory of Mary: A Mosaic	p. 209
Theological Memory	p. 209
Outside (Mark 3:20-21 and 31-35)	p. 217
In the Company of the Unconventional Foremothers (Matthew 1:1-17)	p. 221
Scandal and the Spirit (Matthew 1:18-25)	p. 226
Wisdom from the East (Matthew 2:1-12)	p. 240
Refugees from Slaughter (Matthew 2:13-23)	p. 242
Annunciation: Call of the Prophet (Luke 1:26-38)	p. 247
Visitation: Joy in the Revolution of God (Luke 1:39-56)	p. 258
"And She Gave Birth" (Luke 2:1-20)	p. 274
Fulfilling Torah (Luke 2:21-40)	p. 278
Losing and Finding (Luke 2:41-52)	p. 282
Wine at the Wedding (John 2:1-11)	p. 287
Near the Cross (John 19:25-27)	p. 293
"All Filled with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 1:14-15 and 2:1-21)	p. 297
Mary, Friend of God and Prophet	p. 305
The Spirit Who Weaves Connections	p. 305
The Grace of the Living	p. 308
A Cloud of Witnesses	p. 311
Paradigmatic Figures	p. 313
The Companionship Pattern	p. 315
Companions in Memory and Hope	p. 319
A Prayer for a Season of Struggle	p. 322
Notes	p. 326
Index of Subjects and Names	p. 371
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 377
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