Franciscans and preaching : every miracle from the beginning of the world came about through words

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    • Johnson, Timothy J.

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Franciscans and preaching : every miracle from the beginning of the world came about through words

edited by Timothy J. Johnson

(The medieval Franciscans, v. 7)

Brill, 2012

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Francis of Assisi, whose Gospel performance captured the imagination of his day, fostered a movement of men and women who were fascinated by the transformative power of the embodied Word. Learned or unlettered, theologian or penitent, their shared conviction took form in various gestures, languages, and literary genres. For their part, medieval artisans and craftsmen reflected this Franciscan predilection to preach in architecture, frescoes, and reliquaries. In Franciscans and Preaching, scholars from Europe and North Amercia offer the first extensive English language study of medieval Franciscan preaching. Contributors are C. Colt Anderson, Joshua C. Benson, Michael W. Blastic, Jay M. Hammond, J.A. Wayne Hellmann, Timothy J. Johnson, Beverly M. Kienzle, Francesco Lucchini, Steven J. McMichael, Alison More, Stephen Mossman, Patrick Nold, Darleen Pryds, Amanda Quantz, Bert Roest, Michael Robson, Francisco Javier Rojo Alique, and Nicholas W. Youmans.

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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 Facade 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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