Franciscans and Preaching: Every Miracle from the Beginning of the World Came about Through Words (Medieval Franciscans)

Francis Of Assisi, Whose Gospel Performance Captured The Imagination Of His Day, Fostered A Movement Which Was Fascinated By The Transformative Power Of The Embodied Word. Franciscans And Preaching Offers The First Extensive English Language Study Of Medieval Franciscan Preaching. Foreword / Beverly M. Kienzle -- Introduction: The Franciscan Fascination With The Word / Timothy J. Johnson -- Preaching In The Early Franciscan Movement / Michael W. Blastic -- Franciscan Lay Women And The Charism To Preach / Darleen Pryds -- Theology Of Preaching, A Theology Of Transformation: The Life Of St. Francis By Thomas Of Celano / J.a. Wayne Hellmann -- Franciscan Bodies And Souls: Bonaventure And Bacon On Scripture, Preaching, And The Cura Corporis / Cura Animae / Timothy J. Johnson-- Polemical Preaching At The University Of Paris: Bonaventure's Use Of Paul As A Forerunner Of Francis / C. Colt Anderson -- Haec Visio Rapit: Mystic Love And The Erotic In Bonaventure's Sunday Sermons / Nicholas W. Youmans -- Matthew Of Aquasparta's Sermons On Theology / Joshua C. Benson -- Poverty, History, And Liturgy In A Sermon Work Of Bertrand De La Tour / Patrick Nold -- Gracious Women Seeking Glory: Clare Of Assisi And Elisabeth Of Hungary In Franciscan Sermons / Alison More -- Preaching On St. Francis In Medieval Germany / Stephen Mossman -- Sermons Preached To The Friars Minor In The Thirteenth Century / Michael Robson -- Focus On The Family: Bernardino Da Siena On The Common Good And The Nefarious Other / Amanda D. Quantz -- Roberto Caracciolo Da Lecce And His Sermons On Muhammad And The Muslims (c. 1480) / Steven J. Mcmichael -- Fifteenth-century Franciscan Preachers In Castile: The Example Of Valladolid / Francisco Javier Rojo Alique -- Ne Effluat In Multiloquium Et Habeatur Honerosus: The Art Of Preaching In The Franciscan Tradition / Bert Roest -- Preaching By Image: The Counter Façade Of The Basilica Of St. Francis / Jay M. Hammond -- Making Of A Legend: The Reliquary Of The Tongue And The Representation Of St. Anthony Of Padua As A Preacher / Francesco Lucchini. Edited By Timothy J. Johnson ; [foreword By Beverly M. Kienzle]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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.