5/22/2023 0 Comments She who is elizabeth johnson![]() ![]() They range from Augustine, through Scotus and Aquinas with bows to Luther and Calvin and the awe of Rudolph Otto on her way to Vatican II and Karl Rahner’s idea of transcendence, God’s total otherness that invites our self-transcendence through God’s gracious immanence. The theologians she reviews indicate the breadth of her enterprise and the sources of her own inspiration. Johnson grounds her thinking in the transcendence of God that cannot be captured in any one theology or by any one cultural group. The book provides an overview of theological highlights and contributions from major theologians. Johnson’s table of contents is a reliable outline of her book a real help for teachers or study groups who use The Quest for the Living God as I propose to do in an upper level undergraduate research seminar this fall. Distinguished, indeed! Written primarily for intelligent lay folk, the engaging style of this review of the last 50 years of Christian theology contains Johnson’s own insights couched in smooth, economic and yet elegant language with an occasional zinger that sums up a movement or an insight. Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University. This is another splendid book by Elizabeth A. ![]() Jill RAITT, Fontbonne University, 6800 Wydown Blvd, St. ![]() New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, 2007. Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the theology of God. ![]()
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