Franciscans and Preaching

Biographical note Readership Table of contents

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

608 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note

Timothy J. Johnson holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1990) and is Professor of Religion at Flagler College, in St. Augustine, Florida. He has published widely on Franciscan theology and spirituality, including Bonaventure's Sunday Sermons (Franciscan Institute, 2008).

Readership

Those studying the men and women of the Franciscan movement and their approaches to preaching in society as well as anyone interested in sermons studies and medieval history, spirituality, and theology.

Editorial Note …ix
Foreword
Beverly M. Kienzle …xi
Introduction: The Franciscan Fascination with the Word
Timothy J. Johnson …1

SECTION ONE: GOSPEL LIFE AND PREACHING
Preaching in the Early Franciscan Movement
Michael W. Blastic …15
Franciscan Lay Women and the Charism to Preach
Darleen Pryds …41
A Theology of Preaching – A Theology of Transformation The Life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano
J. A. Wayne Hellmann …59

SECTION TWO: THE ACADEMY AND PREACHING
Franciscan Bodies and Souls: Bonaventure and Bacon on Scripture, Preaching, and the Cura Corporis / Cura Animae
Timothy J. Johnson …73
Polemical Preaching at the University of Paris: Bonaventure’s Use of Paul as a Forerunner of Francis
C. Colt Anderson …91
Haec Visio Rapit: Mystic Love and the Erotic in Bonaventure’s Sunday Sermons
Nicholas W. Youmans …115
Matthew of Aquasparta’s Sermons on Theology
Joshua C. Benson… 145
Poverty, History, and Liturgy in a Sermon Work of Bertrand de la Tour
Patrick Nold… 175

SECTION THREE: PERCEPTIONS OF HOLINESS IN PREACHING
Gracious Women Seeking Glory: Clare of Assisi and Elisabeth of Hungary in Franciscan Sermons
Alison More …209
Preaching on St. Francis in Medieval Germany
Stephen Mossman …231
Sermons Preached to the Friars Minor in the Thirteenth Century
Michael Robson …273

SECTION FOUR: MEDIEVAL SOCIETY AND PREACHING
Focus on the Family: Bernardino da Siena on the Common Good and the Nefarious Other
Amanda D. Quantz …299
Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce and His Sermons on Muhammad and the Muslims (C. 1480)
Steven J. McMichael …327
Fifteenth-Century Franciscan Preachers in Castile: The Example of Valladolid
Francisco Javier Rojo-Alique… 353

SECTION FIVE: THE ART AND CRAFT OF PREACHING
“Ne Effluat in Multiloquium Et Habeatur Honerosus”: The Art of Preaching in the Franciscan Tradition
Bert Roest …383
Preaching by Image: The Counter Façade of the Basilica of St. Francis
Jay M. Hammond …413
The Making of a Legend: The Reliquary of the Tongue and the Representation of St. Anthony of Padua as a Preacher
Francesco Lucchini …451

Contributors …485
Illustration Section …491
Index of People and Places …519
Index of Texts and Themes …523

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