Life
Johnson received her B.S. from Brentwood College in 1964, an M.A. from Manhattan College in 1964. and a Ph.D. in theology from Catholic University in 1981. She taught science and religion at the elementary and high school level, then taught theology at St. Joseph's College (New York) and at Catholic University before moving to Fordham in 1991.
She has served a head of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. She was one of the first female theologians church authorities allowed to receive a doctorate.
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