While at CUA in 1980 she felt profoundly affected by events of the Salvadoran Civil War when four American women, including three nuns, working as missionaries and helping oppressed people to escape violence, were abducted and killed by a death squad. She has served as head of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. Inspired by their example, Johnson and other women graduate students formed a group, "Women in Theology." Schneiders influenced Johnson on feminist topics, including using feminine metaphors and language for God. She became one of the first female theologians allowed to receive a doctorate by the church authorities, as a result of the "liberalization decrees that capped the Second Vatican Council." Feminism had begun impacting the thinking and dialog of female Catholic theologians, and pioneering feminist theologians Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Sandra M. It was a totally male education." CUA attempted to remedy this when Johnson herself was hired into a tenure-track position in Christology. Johnson recalls that her experience there was "rich, respectful, and collegial," but was also "lacking in female presence." During her studies there in the 1970s Johnson observes, "I never had a woman professor, I never read one woman author. founded and sponsored by America's bishops. CUA is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church and is the only university in the U.S. in theology at the Catholic University of America (CUA).
from Manhattan College in 1964.ġ981, she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. Johnson recalls that her experience there was "rich, respectful, and collegial," but was also "lacking in female presence." During her studies there in the 1970s Johnson observes, "I nev Johnson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the oldest of seven children in an "Irish Catholic family." As a young adult she joined the religious order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph whose motherhouse is in Brentwood, Long island, NY.
1981, she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. Johnson grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the oldest of seven children in an "Irish Catholic family." As a young adult she joined the religious order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph whose motherhouse is in Brentwood, Long island, NY.
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