Friends of God and the Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints, by Elizabeth Johnson, reinvests one of the most important categories of theology -- "the communion of the saints" -- with a fresh memory and hope using deep spiritual wisdom and intellectual daring. Known more for her landmark study
She Who Is, Johnson helps us hear this God who lives in the lives of female friends of God and prophets. "Their lives bespeak an unfinished agenda that is now in our hands; their
memory is a challenge to action; their companionship points the way."
Johnson admonishes believers to take on the intergenerational challenge of
bringing justice and compassion to fruition in our world. Spirit-Sophia
would have us do no less.
The saints really don't play that kind of role in the lives of the faithful these days. But with them, there's a reason to hope, so long as we remember this God who does not leave us to our own selfish individualism.
