Truly our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints
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Overview
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, ethically challenging, socially liberating, and ecumenically fruitful. In particular, she sees the image of Mary as a blessing rather than a blight for women's lives in both religious and political terms.
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- Offers a theologically sound interpretation of Mary
- Seeks to understand Mary's meaning as a particular person with her ownlife to compose
- Examines Mary's in the context of the feminist reading of the communion of saints
Part I - Women’s Voices in a New Key
- Fragments in the Rubble
- Women's Theological Work
Part 2 - Roads Not Taken
- Cul-de-Sac: The Meal Face of Woman
- Cul-de-Sac: The Maternal Face of God
Part 3 - A Way Forward
- A Modest Proposal
- Precedents
Part 4 - Picturing a World
- Galilee: The Political-Economic World
- Second Temple Judaism: The Religious World
- Women: The Social-Cultural World
Part 5 - Mary in the Communion of Saints
- The Dangerous Memory of Mary: A Mosaic
- Mary, Friend of God and Prophet
Mary is "truly our sister, who as a poor and humble woman fully shared our lot."
Pope Paul VI
For poor women Mary is not a heavenly creature but shares their lives as a comrade and sister in struggle.
Maria Pilar Aquino, Mexico
Mary is our "sister: a woman in solidarity with other women and the oppressed."
Chung Hyun Kyung, Korea