Super Girls and Halos
My Companions on the Quest for Truth, Justice, and Heroic Virtue

Name: Super Girls and Halos
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Author: Maria Morera Johnson
ISBN: 9781545912966

Author: Maria Morera Johnson

Narrator: Susan Hanfield

Unabridged: 5 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 06/28/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Catholic, Christian Living, Women's Interests

Synopsis

Award-winning author Maria Morera Johnson follows up her bestselling book My Badass Book of Saints with a unique and daring exploration of the cardinal virtues through the saints and heroines of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books. Johnson will reignite your passion for your faith as she demonstrates the heroic in the sometimes mundane quest for good and reminds us that Catholicism is filled with adventure.

What do Wonder Woman and St. Katharine Drexel have in common? How about St. Clare of Assisi and Rey, the ingénue from Star Wars: The Force Awakens? All four women sought justice for the abused.

With the same zest for her faith and cheeky wit that readers found so compelling in My Badass Book of Saints and a love for the heroic journey that highlights her career, Johnson now focuses on heroines—improbable pairings of saints and characters from sci-fi, comics, and fantasy—who have influenced her life and deepened her understanding of the Church's cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice.

With Johnson's enthusiasm as a guide, you'll be inspired to embrace the virtues anew and find your faith in your favorite stories.

About Maria Morera Johnson

Maria Morera Johnson is the author of the award-winning books Super Girls and Halos and My Badass Book of Saints. She also contributed to The Catholic Mom's Prayer Companion, Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary, and Gaze Upon Jesus. A catholicmom.com blogger and educator, Johnson retired in 2016 from her positions as a composition and literature professor and the director of English learning support at Georgia Piedmont Technical College.

Johnson has spoken at a number of events, retreats, and conferences, including the National Council of Catholic Women, Austin Women's Conference, and the Catholic Press Association. She also has been featured on CatholicTV and Busted Halo and in Catholic Digest and St. Anthony Messenger.

Johnson is a native of Cuba. She and her husband, John, have three grown children and live in the Mobile, Alabama, area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barb on September 30, 2017

What a fabulous book! This book combines my love of the Saints with our current culture. Taking a movie, TV show and book character and examining their virtues and how a Saint lives these virtues fully with the graces from God. Ms. Johnson is an excellent writer and backs up each chapter with a note......more

Goodreads review by Steven R. on February 12, 2018

As a father of daughters this book immediately caught my attention. And even though the reading level is above where they are currently at. I cannot wait to read it again with them when they are a little older. And yet there was a lot I could take from this book and apply to my life. Lessons I can l......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 05, 2017

Super Girls and Halos My Companions on the Quest for Truth, Justice, and Heroic Virtue by Maria Morera Johnson Ave Maria Press Christian , Religion & Spirituality Pub Date 08 Sep 2017 I am reviewing a copy of Super Girls and Halos through Ava Maria Press and Netgalley: In this book the author starts out b......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on September 22, 2017

What do you get when you cross Wonder Woman & Hermoine Granger with St Katherine Drexel & St Claire of Assisi? An incredible book that provides practical, everyday examples of the cardinal virtues along with saintly ones. Broken into four parts aka the Cardinal Virtues:- Seeking Justice, Seeking Prud......more

Goodreads review by Emily on June 07, 2017

I'm really not the audience for this book--I don't read comic books, I only see comic book movies when my friends want to, and was too young to watch X-Files when it was out the first time (and I missed it when it was on Netflix). So those parts of the book, though written well, didn't engage me bec......more