CALL FOR PAPERS
“Frater, Magister, Minister et Episcopus”
The Works and Worlds of Saint Bonaventure
The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University
July 12-15, 2017
The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University will host a major international conference dedicated to the intellectual heritage and contemporary significance of Saint Bonaventure.
Individual papers, panels, and workshop proposals are sought that engage the academic, pastoral, and socio-political aspects of this topic. Possible themes include, but are not limited to the following:
- Bonaventure’s Theological Legacy and Contemporary Theology
- Bonaventure’s Use of Philosophical and Theological Sources
- Aesthetics, Art, and Bonaventure
- The Franciscan Order under Bonaventure’s Leadership
- Bonaventure as Preacher
- Ecology, Pope Francis, and Bonaventure
- The Image and Role of Women in Bonaventure’s Writings
- Bonaventure, Franciscan Ministry, and Spirituality
- Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas
- Bonaventure, Paris, and Medieval France
Proposals are due by November 18, 2016. Notifications of acceptance, rejection or need for alterations will be sent to authors by January 13, 2017. Please send a paper proposal/ draft of your text via email no later than November 18, 2016, directly to:
Fr. David Couturier, OFM Cap.
Franciscan Institute St. Bonaventure University
Murphy Building – Room 100
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
dcouturi@sbu.edu
Organizing Committee:
Joshua Benson (Catholic University)
Timothy J. Johnson (Flagler College)
Dominic Monti OFM (St. Bonaventure University)
Katherine Wrisley-Shelby (Boston College)
Marie Kolbe Zamora OSF (Silver Lake College)
