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In Good Faith with Sister Barbara Reid, OP
IGF010 In Good Faith with Sister Barbara Reid, OP, PhD, recorded live on June 2, 2011. Produced by aNunsLife.org ministry. The nuns talk with Sister Barbara about finding God in everyday life, Sacred Scripture, prayer, biblical spirituality, and more!
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Guest: Sister Barbara Reid, OP
Sister Barbara Reid, OP, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and is professor of New Testament and vice president and academic dean at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Her most recent books are Taking Up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations Through Latina and Feminist Eyes , The Gospel According to Matthew: New Collegeville Bible Commentary Series , the three-volume work Parables for Preachers, and Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke.
Topic: The sisters talk with Sister Barbara about her experience of living faith in everyday life, drawing on her work as a scripture scholar and as VP/academic dean of CTU, the first woman to hold that role.
Show Notes:
- The Bible as a way to understand our present experience of God in light of the experience of our ancestors in the faith
- New to the Bible? Suggestions for how to get started
- Conflicting images of God in the scriptures – who is the “real” God?
- Jesus, the incarnation of the loving God
- Biblical spirituality
- Ways to pray with the Bible
- Saint Dominic’s Nine Ways of Prayer
- Women in the scriptures and their messages for us today
- ”Feminism” – a commitment to dignity and equality for all people
- How the feminist perspective challenges interpretations of scripture that justify violence and abuse
- How to keep the scriptures “fresh”
In Good Faith is a conversation exploring God’s call in everyday life hosted by A Nun’s Life Sisters Maxine and Julie. Our monthly program features guests who are nationally known for their ministry in spirituality, religious life, and discernment. We’ll look at how our guests understand their own life as a calling and discuss a variety of perspectives on living faith and call in everyday life. The program is broadcast live from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Central Time. Tune in at www.aNunsLife.org/LIVE.
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I read somewhere that Thomas Aquinas wrote the Jesus died to save himself. This makes a lot of sense to me but I can’t find a reference to Bro. Thomas and wonder if the source is correct.
I can relate to this statement about Jesus dying for a number of reasons:
1 – I don’t believe that God would send someone to die. I’ve learned in catechism that Jesus’ death shows God’s great love for me. It doesn’t show a lot of love for Jesus tho. This kind of interpretation of Jesus suffering and death seems unhealthy to me. It also doesn’t match my experience of God.
2 – Jesus came to proclaim the Kingdom of God. I believe this is his mission, not death. His proclamation put him, as it does those of us who treasure it, into conflict with the powers, and often society, of the day. His only choice when those powers threatened him was to give himself to the consequences of his mission – murder by the state – or, renounce his mission from God. His “giving himself up” was necessary for his integrity. (“saving himself” in the strongest use of that phrase)
Are theologians moving in this direction? Can you say something about this, and of course, did Thomas support it?