On Wednesday afternoon, our NY office was contacted by the New York Times asking for information on our 2007 title Quest for the Living God by Elizabeth Johnson. Shortly before that, we saw this article about the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops publishing a 21-page critique of the book. In the critique, they claim the book "contains misrepresentations, ambiguities, and errors that bear upon the faith of the Catholic Church as found in Sacred Scripture, and as it is authentically taught by the Church's universal magisterium." See also the article in the New York Times and another on CatholicCulture.org.
Here is Elizabeth Johnson's response to the critique.
This isn't the first time one of our authors has inspired controversy. The Vatican has objected to Roger Haight's attempts to separate Christology from Greek philosophical concepts. Haight published Christian Community in History Volumes 1-3 and The Future of Christology with us. And of course there is Hans Küng. You can find numerous titles by Dr. Küng on our website.
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