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The Catholic Theological Society of America argues the bishops did not follow procedures set forth in Doctrinal Responsibilities, misread the book’s premise, and overlooks how theological vocation should be exercised. 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Doctrine,mention thebishops'1989 document,\"Doctrinal Responsibilities:Approaches to PromotingCooperation and ResolvingMisunderstandings BetweenBishops and Theologians.\"The document appeared inOrigins,Vol.19,No.7,theedition dated June29,1989  \nBelow is a list of the CTSAboard of directors that signedthe statement on these pages.Also listed is the collegewhere they teach and theirtitle within the CTSA,ifany:Sister Mary Ann HinsdaleIHM,Ph.D.,Boston College,president;John E.Thiel,Ph.D,Fairfield University,president-elect;Susan A.Ross,Ph.D.,Loyola Universityin Chicago,vice president;Sister M.Theresa Moser;RSCJ,Ph.D,University of SanFrancisco,secretary;Jozef  \nD.Zalot,Ph.D.,College ofMount St.Joseph,treasurer;Father Bryan N.Massingale,STD,Marquette University,past president;Kristin E.Heyer,Ph.D.,Santa ClaraUniversity;Michael E.Lee,Ph.D.,Fordham University;Sister Judith A.Merkle,SNDde N,Niagara University;Vincent J.Miller;Ph.D.,University of Dayton.  \nThe officers and board ofdirectors of the CollegeTheology Society alsoreleased a response to theDoctrine Committee's cri-tique of Sister ElizabethJohnson's book,saying,\"Instead ofcultivatingaculture ofopen collabora-tion and mutual dialoguebetween bishops,theologiansand the people of God,\"thecommittee's text \"breedsdisillusionment,fear andmistrust among youngertheologians in their relationto bishops and increasingsadness andfatigue amongmore seasoned scholars.\"  \ncern that the bishops'criticism“seems to reflecta very narrow understanding of the theologi-cal task.\"The doctrinal committee,chaired byCardinal Donald W.Wuerl of Washington,saidMarch 24 the book,“Quest for the Living God:Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God,\"contained“misrepresentations,ambiguitiesand errors\"related to the Catholic faith;thedoctrinal committee statement can be foundin Origins,Vol.40,No.43.The CTSA board ofdirectors said the bishops failed to follow pro-cedures established in the document\"DoctrinalResponsibilities:Approaches to PromotingCooperation and Resolving MisunderstandingsBetween Bishops and Theologians\"approvedby the bishops in 1989.The document calls foran informal conversation to discuss concernswith a theologian during any review of work.The CTSA statement alsosaid thedoctrine com-mittee's assessment “is deficient in the way itpresents Professor Johnson's work.\"Specifically,the theologians explained,the bishops madea“surprising leap in logic”in faulting SisterJohnson for holding that God is“unknowable”on grounds that she maintains that humanwords cannot completely capture divine reality.The CTSA statement follows.  \nWe,the undersigned officers and directorsof the Catholic Theological Society of Americawish to comment on the statement by the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee onDoctrine,which was made public on March  \nResponse to DoctrineCommittee's  \nStatement on Quest forthe Living God  \n31,2011.Our intent here is to voice our seriousconcerns regarding three issues:1)the fact thatin this matter the bishops did not follow theprocedures set forth in their own document\"Doctrinal Responsibilities\";2)a misreadingof Professor Johnson's work in the statement;  \nCTSA Board of Directors  \n3)the troubling implications the statementpresents for the exercise of our vocation astheologians  \nTheboardofdirectors ofthe Catholic TheologicalSociety of America has responded to the U.S.bishops'Committee on Doctrine's critical assess-ment of a Fordham University theology profes-sor's popular book.The 10-member board April8 questioned the process used by the bishops toassess the 2007 book written by St.Joseph SisterElizabeth Johnson,suggested that the bishopsmisread the books premise and expressed con-  \nIt is not our intention here to comment indetal on the Doctrine Committee's statementor on Professor Johnson's book,since","cbCailGfNtzjpiMn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailGfNtzjpiMn","pdf",735346,"English","# Response to Doctrine Committee's Statement on Quest for the 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