Franciscans and Preaching

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).

• Editorial Note …ixForeword Beverly M. Kienzle …xiIntroduction: The Franciscan Fascination with the Word Timothy J. Johnson …1SECTION ONE: GOSPEL LIFE AND PREACHINGPreaching in the Early Franciscan Movement Michael W. Blastic …15Franciscan Lay Women and the Charism to Preach Darleen Pryds …41A Theology of Preaching – A Theology of Transformation The Life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano J. A. Wayne Hellmann …59SECTION TWO: THE ACADEMY AND PREACHINGFranciscan Bodies and Souls: Bonaventure and Bacon on Scripture, Preaching, and the Cura Corporis / Cura Animae Timothy J. Johnson …73Polemical Preaching at the University of Paris: Bonaventure’s Use of Paul as a Forerunner of Francis C. Colt Anderson …91Haec Visio Rapit: Mystic Love and the Erotic in Bonaventure’s Sunday Sermons Nicholas W. Youmans …115Matthew 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 …383Preaching by Image: The Counter Façade of the Basilica of St. Francis Jay M. Hammond …413The Making of a Legend: The Reliquary of the Tongue and the Representation of St. Anthony of Padua as a PreacherFrancesco Lucchini …451Contributors …485Illustration Section …491Index of People and Places …519Index of Texts and Themes …523