Bishops again blast nun’s popular book about God

By David Gibson | Religion News Service, Updated: Friday, October 28, 5:11 PM

The nation's Catholic bishops again condemned a prominent nun's book about God, in a move that may further fray relations between the hierarchy and Catholic theologians.

Given the popularity of Sister Elizabeth Johnson's, “Quest for the Living God” in parishes and universities, the bishops' renewed criticism may not help their, credibility in the pews, either.

The 11-page statement issued Friday (Oct. 28) by the bishops' Committee on Doctrine reaffirms a March declaration that Johnson's book “does not sufficiently ground itself in the Catholic theological tradition as its starting point.”

Johnson, a professor of systematic theology at Fordham University in New York and a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph religious order, published “Quest for the Living God” in 2007. It was widely hailed for elaborating new ways to think and speak about God within the framework of traditional Catholic beliefs and motifs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/bishops-again-blast-nuns-popular-book-about-god/2011/10/28/gIQAYDJ1PM_story.html

In that case, the book deserves a plug.

http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Living-God-Frontiers-Theology/dp/1441174621/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319849820&sr=1-1

So how can the bishops be so sure they are right and the nun is wrong? Is there some test they can perform to know? No? So WhereTF do they get off?

That would seem to be the only explanation for it, considering the way the hierarchy works.