Francis of Assisi
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On 28 May last year the title of Emeritus Professor was conferred to Professor Leonhard Lehmann, when his didactic activity at our Franciscan Istitute of Spirituality came to a close. In that circumstance prof. Lehmann presented an... more
"Religious practices in late medieval Kotor included charitable acts of donating clothes to the poor as a form of imitatio Christi. The model of charity for the faithful to follow was set in the vitae of widely-favoured saints such as Sts... more
In questo momento assai delicato della nostra storia e del nostro presente, aggravato da una difficile crisi economico-finanziaria, non è fuori luogo il ricorso al paradigma etico-economico e socio-politico della Scuola francescana. Esso... more
The remarkableness and sanctity of Francis of Assisi is not an indication that he was immune to the same human fragility that we share. This is borne out if we refuse to settle for the piles of modern-day biography and go directly to the... more
Sejarah singkat mengenai kehidupan Santo Fransiskus dari Assisi
Ein auf die Minderbrüder beschränkter Entwurf basierend auf "Die frühe Ordenskleidung der Franziskaner und Dominikaner" mit neueren Überlegungen. Was trugen die frühen Minderbrüder - und warum? Beantwortet mit Quellenarbeit, der... more
This study examined how aesthetic leadership behaviors may indicate leaders’ level of personal inner cohesion. The hypothesis asserted that leaders who were exposed to prolonged/profound trauma and did not work through this trauma may... more
A Franciscan historian comes to learn of an ancient manuscript being auctioned off in the United States; it seems like the plot of a mystery novel. Indeed , this is the premise needed to comprehend the origin of the publication. The... more
This article focuses on the figures of Francis of Assisi and Ramon Llull, both of whom are representative of the Late Mediaeval world. The intention is to point out, albeit not to present exhaustively, the main lines of thought and action... more
Francesco d'Assisi scrittore?
Il Vangelo ha donato a Francesco di Assisi una fondamentale buona notizia che ha dato una forma evangelica alla sua esistenza: Dio in Gesù si è fatto nostro Padre donandoci suo Figlio come fratello, così da farci suoi figli. Questa... more
Vivimos en una época cínica, como denuncia Peter Sloterdjik, y profundamente ideologizada con no-ideologías, como señala Slavoj Žižek. Una manera de atacar estos problemas es volviendo a la Razón desfachatada y burlona, a la crítica... more
Antonianum, 85 (2010), p. 165-168
Il piccolo biglietto conservato ancora a Spoleto e scritto di proprio pugno da frate Francesco a frate Leone costituisce senza ombra di dubbio uno dei testi più preziosi e belli della storia del francescanesimo. In esso è giunto fi no a... more
Publilshed as "Discernment with a Little Help from Francis and Clare" in Horizon: Journal of the National Religious Vocation Conference Vol 34 (Fall 2008).
Riassunto: L'autore prende in esame alcune recenti biografie di Francesco d' Assisi (in specifico i volumi di Augustine Thompson, Chiara Mercuri e Alfonso Marini) e un volume di Barbara Frale dedicato agli anni giovanili e all'attività... more
A report of Francis of Assisi foretelling a non-canonically elected pope is circulating online in English translation. The translation is of a text edited by Luke Wadding in 1623. With the advances of Franciscan studies over the last... more
Forthcoming, December 2022, Cambridge University Press
A comparative study of the two different Catholic religious orders in reference to the Rules of their founders.
This article explores the encounter between Francis of Assisi and the Ayyūbid sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil, an event that many proponents of Muslim-Christian dialogue – including Pope Francis – have invoked as a sign of hope for... more
Life-Writing The academic study of charisma has long been where Max Weber put it: in the areas of religious experience, political leadership, and social interaction. Looming behind these domains, where living people embody charisma and... more
The evangelical preaching by Francis of Assisi had a political relevance, because he strongly promoted peace and blamed fights.
Who should be poor? How poor should they be? And why? These are the questions I wish to address in this essay. They are questions that have been asked throughout the entire history of God's people. They were given special attention during... more
The author studies the prophet’s image employed in the Middle Ages vis-à-vis the person of St Francis of Assisi. The research begins with a perusal of the main hagiographic legends of the 13th century, singling out the episodes in... more
Con l'enciclica Laudato si', papa Francesco pone l'umanità di fronte alla necessità di compiere un serio cammino di conversione ecologica integrale. Non solo le istituzioni - nazionali e sovranazionali - vengono chiamate ad affrontare e... more
This article looks at the British theological movement Radical Orthodoxy and Franciscanism, two schools of thought that have historically been pinned against each other. Here a constructive dialogue of reconciliation is proposed between... more