Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints

From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints. By Elizabeth A. Johnson. New York: Continuum, 1998. xi + 306 pp. $24.50 (cloth).

Elizabeth Johnson's newest effort, Friends of God and Prophets, is one of those rare must-read books which not only illustrates that a lively and living articulation of traditional doctrinal symbols is possible for the contemporary world, but which so engages readers that they will likely find their own reflections spinning off in myriad directions, living plants which grow from the seeds which this book plants. The ...

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