Elizabeth A. Johnson, author of such numerous works including She Who Is and our Quest For the Living God, will receive next month the Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence presented by the Barry University Department of Theology and Philosophy.
The Yves Congar Award for Theological Excellence recognizes the contributions of contemporary theologians working, writing, and teaching, as did Cardinal Yves Congar, OP (1904-1995), in light of tradition and moving the tradition forward in meeting the challenges of the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first centuries.
At the award ceremony, Professor Johnson will present her lecture entitled “The Banquet of the Creed” on Monday, January 14, 2008, 7:00 pm in Andreas Hall 111, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida.
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.
We here at Continuum send her all the best wishes! Looks like she's going to need a bigger mantle!
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