IGF028 In Good Faith - Sister Elizabeth Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University

IGF048 In Good Faith podcast with Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, recorded live on November 1, 2013.

• The influences on Sister Elizabeth's attraction to theology

• The pedestal of idealized womanhood, and recovering Mary's humanity

• The "communion of holy things" -- all of creation in the communion of saints

• Holiness as a gift from God, freely given to all

• Understanding saints as friends of God throughout their lives

• Saints and canonized saints

• The Great Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12)

• Two models of the saints: companionship and patronage

• The saints as our companions: memories, storytelling, calendar of saints

• Theology in the age of the laity in the church

• Being receptive to the power of God to embrace and transform us

• The infinite horizon of God