Elizabeth A. Johnson, a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, is Distinguished Professor of Theology Emerita at Fordham University. A former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, she is the author of many books, including She Who Is (winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion), Quest for the Living God, Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, Abounding in Kindness: Writings for the People of God, and The Strength of Her Witness: Jesus Christ in the Global Voices of Women.